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Laboratory Animal Inoculation Test

Texas rates for HCPCS 87001

A specialized laboratory method in which prepared material from a sample is inoculated into a small laboratory animal, so an infectious organism or toxin in that sample can be identified from the response it produces. It is reserved for a few agents that ordinary culture methods cannot show reliably.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Laboratory Animal Inoculation Test cost?

$16.60

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.60 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $20.42 from a physician practice, and about $16.60 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$20.42$19.95 to $25.70
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$16.60$9.12 to $89.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $9 to $100Professionalmedian $20 · 10th to 90th $20 to $26
$10$20$50$100facility $17professional $20

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$25.70
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$26.92
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$19.95
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$26.92
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$19.95

Where Texas sits

The same service costs 11.0 times more in Massachusetts than in Oklahoma. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Texas· 44th of 50

$16.60

MA $100OK $9.12

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.