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Laboratory Animal Inoculation Test

Wisconsin 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?

$22.91

Typical facility fee. In Wisconsin, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $22.91 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $9.12 to $44.67.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $9 to $76Professionalmedian $26 · 10th to 90th $20 to $31
$10$20$50$100facility $17professional $26

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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$30.90
DeanCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$16.60
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$16.60
Prevea360
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$16.60
Quartz
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00

Where Wisconsin 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.

Wisconsin· 14th of 50

$22.91

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.