How much is an allergy test?
There is no national price for an allergy test that this site can date and cite: Medicare's national outpatient price lookup does not cover it, and no free national price for it with a date of its own could be found. So the prices below are what named hospitals publish, including the price each will accept from a patient paying cash. An allergy test is priced by how many allergens are tested, and blood tests and skin tests are billed differently. For a blood test, CPT 86003, Boston Medical Center publishes $48.00 per allergen with a cash price of $21.60 in its file dated 13 March 2026, and Franklin Memorial Hospital publishes $57.10 per allergen in its file dated 9 September 2025. For a skin prick test, CPT 95004, The University of Chicago Medical Center prices by the number of tests in its file dated 1 April 2026: $861.00 for 1 to 15 tests, $1,722.00 for 16 to 30, and $4,304.00 for 61 or more. Boston Medical Center publishes $217.00 for the same code, with a cash price of $97.65, and does not say how many tests that covers.
This is one of the tests and procedures priced on this site from hospitals' own files; the rest are in the medical costs guides.
$48.00 list, $21.60 cash
CPT 86003, a blood test for one allergen, at one hospital on 13 March 2026
$861.00
a skin prick test of 1 to 15 allergens at a second hospital, on its main line, list and cash alike
$57.10
the same blood test code, per allergen, at a third hospital, list and cash alike
Cost breakdown
Each table below comes from one source, named underneath it, with the date that source last revised the figures. Everything is a United States figure in USD.
Skin prick tests at The University of Chicago Medical Center, CPT 95004 by number of tests, from its file last updated 1 April 2026
| Tests on the line | Main line | Lines ending "-Pbb" | Line beginning "Pr" |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 to 15 | $861.00 | $861.30 and $920.70 | $59.00 |
| 16 to 30 | $1,722.00 | $1,721.50 and $1,840.30 | $119.00 |
| 31 to 45 | $2,582.80 | $2,582.80 and $2,761.00 | $178.00 |
| 46 to 60 | $3,443.00 | $3,443.00 and $3,680.60 | $238.00 |
| 61 and up | $4,304.00 | $4,304.00 and $4,546.00 | $242.00 |
| No band on the line | $720.00 | $680.00 and $655.00 | $41.00 |
Allergy blood tests at The University of Chicago Medical Center, CPT 86003, from the same file
| Description, as the file prints it | Gross charge, list and cash alike |
|---|---|
| Hc Allergen Specific Ige Each | $103.00 |
| Hc Allergen Specific Ige Each Pnl1 | $72.00 |
| Hc Allergen Specific Ige Each Pnl2 | $90.00 |
| Hc Allergen Level 1 | $37.00 |
| Hc Allergen Level 2 | $96.00 |
| Hc Midwest Repiratory Panel | $21.00 |
| Hc Soybean Allergen | $61.00 |
| Hc Allergen Peanut Component | $133.00 |
| Four lines: Hc Allergen Specific Ige, Hc Ige Specific Quantitative Multiallergen Panel, Hc Misc Nut Allergen, Hc Misc Fish Allergen | $142.00 |
Allergy tests at Boston Medical Center, from its file last updated 13 March 2026
| CPT | Test | Description, as the file prints it | Gross charge | Cash price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 86003 | Blood test, per allergen | HC Chg Allergen Specific Ige Quan/Semiquan Ea Allergen | $48.00 | $21.60 |
| 86008 | Blood test, per component | HC Allergen Spec Ige Recombinant/Purified Compnt Ea | $50.00 | $22.50 |
| 95004 | Skin prick test | HC Percutaneous Tests W/Allergenic Extracts | $217.00 | $97.65 |
| 95024 | Skin test under the skin | HC Intracutaneous Tests W/Allergenic Extracts | $262.00 | $117.90 |
| 95044 | Patch test | HC Patch/Application Test Specify Number Tests | $240.00 | $108.00 |
Allergy tests at Franklin Memorial Hospital, from its file last updated 9 September 2025
| CPT and billing class | Description, as the file prints it | Facility charge, list and cash alike | Plan rates, the file's minimum to maximum |
|---|---|---|---|
| 86003, facility | HC ALLERGEN SPEC IGE CRUDE ALLERGEN EXTRACT EACH | $57.10 | $5.80 to $53.67 outpatient, $43.28 to $53.67 inpatient |
| 86008, facility | HC ALLERGEN SPEC IGE RECOMCOMPNT EA | $107.60 | $19.93 to $101.14 outpatient, $81.55 to $101.14 inpatient |
| 95004, professional | PERQ TESTS W/ALRGNC XTRCS | not published | $3.70 to $9.15 |
| 95024, professional | IQ TESTS W/ALLERGENIC XTRCS | not published | $0.89 to $15.42 |
| 95044, professional | PATCH/APPLICATION TESTS | not published | $4.60 to $10.16 |
A bar for each row of the table above, 6 of them, drawn to the same scale so the spread is visible at a glance. The figure beside each bar is the one the table prints.
What changes the price
- How many allergens are tested
- The University of Chicago Medical Center prices a skin prick test in bands, from $861.00 for 1 to 15 tests to $4,304.00 for 61 or more. Every blood test description in these files says "each", so a panel is priced per allergen.
- Skin test or blood test
- They are different codes. Boston Medical Center publishes $48.00 per allergen for the blood test, CPT 86003, and $217.00 for the skin prick code, CPT 95004, without saying how many tests that figure covers.
- Which line it is billed on
- The University of Chicago Medical Center publishes the skin prick test for 1 to 15 allergens at $861.00 on its main line and $59.00 on a line beginning "Pr", and does not say which a visit falls on.
- Whether you are paying cash
- Boston Medical Center publishes cash prices at 45 percent of its gross charge on each allergy code. The other two hospitals publish the same figure for cash as for list, or no figure at all.
How to pay less
- Ask how many allergens will be tested
- The count sets the price on both kinds of test. Ask which allergens and how many before the appointment.
- Ask which code and which line
- Quote CPT 95004 for a skin prick test and 86003 for a blood test, and ask whether the hospital bills the number of tests or a band.
- Ask a hospital for its cash price
- Boston Medical Center publishes a cash price under half its gross charge on each of these codes; the other two hospitals here publish no cash discount.
Questions
How much is an allergy test without insurance?
Ask the hospital or clinic for its cash price before you book. Hospitals must publish a discounted cash price where they offer one, and the files quoted on this page show those prices beside the list price. With insurance, what you pay depends on your plan's negotiated rate, your deductible and your coinsurance, so ask your insurer for an estimate.
How much is an allergy test?
Boston Medical Center publishes $48.00 per allergen for a blood test in its file dated 13 March 2026. The University of Chicago Medical Center publishes $861.00 for a skin prick test of 1 to 15 allergens on its main line in its file dated 1 April 2026.
How much is an allergy test without insurance?
That is the cash price where a hospital publishes one. Boston Medical Center publishes $21.60 per allergen for a blood test and $97.65 for its skin prick code. The University of Chicago Medical Center and Franklin Memorial Hospital publish the same figure for cash as for list where they publish one.
Is a skin prick test priced per allergen?
At The University of Chicago Medical Center it is priced by the number of tests, in bands of fifteen, and its own description of the code says to specify the number of tests. Boston Medical Center does not say what its single figure covers.
Is a blood test cheaper than a skin test?
Per allergen, the blood test figures here are lower: Boston Medical Center publishes $48.00 per allergen for CPT 86003. Whether a whole test is cheaper depends on how many allergens are tested, because the blood test is charged for each one.
Why does a hospital have to publish this?
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services requires every hospital operating in the United States to publish a comprehensive machine-readable file of all items and services and a consumer-friendly display of shoppable services, states that it audits a sample of hospitals and investigates complaints, and states that hospitals may face civil monetary penalties for noncompliance.
For scans, procedures and other tests priced the same way, see every guide in medical costs.
Where these figures come from
Every figure here is published by the hospital named beside it, in US dollars, in the United States, in its own machine-readable standard charges file under 45 CFR 180.50, and each file carries the attestation that the information encoded is true, accurate and complete as of the date in the file. The dates are the ones the files give themselves: 13 March 2026 for Boston Medical Center, 9 September 2025 for Franklin Memorial Hospital, and 1 April 2026 for The University of Chicago Medical Center. All three files were downloaded again before this page was written, and each was byte-identical to the copy read on 25 September 2026. Before any figure was quoted, the unit each file prices was read from its own description: "each" on every blood test line, bands of tests on one hospital's skin test lines, and nothing stated on the other's. Where a unit is not stated, the figure is shown as printed and not multiplied. Nothing here is averaged or restated as a typical cost.