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Procedure price report · Other diagnostic procedures on skin and subcutaneous tissue

Allergy skin prick or scratch tests, per test

CPT 95004the billing code this page is about

Small amounts of allergy extracts are pricked or scratched into the surface of the skin to look for reactions; billed per individual test, so the total depends on how many allergens are used.

Hospitals typically charge $23 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 738 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $49. Most fall between $9 and $383 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
738
States
49
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 25, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 738 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$6$10$23$127$1,038

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 173× what the cheapest tenth charges ($6 vs $1,038).

How the prices are spread

$4 – $7: 74 hospitals$4$7 – $14: 133 hospitals$14 – $25: 135 hospitals$14$25 – $46: 75 hospitals$46 – $85: 57 hospitals$46$85 – $156: 61 hospitals$156 – $287: 18 hospitals$156$287 – $529: 17 hospitals$529 – $975: 51 hospitals$529$975 – $1,795: 51 hospitals$975median $23price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (672 of 738 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$4$774
$7$14133
$14$25135
$25$4675
$46$8557
$85$15661
$156$28718
$287$52917
$529$97551
$975$1,79551

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$877
Median cash price$23
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.03×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $23.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $15 across 15 hospitalsWA$15Idaho: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $27 across 30 hospitalsMN$27Illinois: median $17 across 34 hospitalsIL$17Wisconsin: median $14 across 44 hospitalsWI$14Michigan: median $15 across 33 hospitalsMI$15New York: median $129 across 45 hospitalsNY$129Massachusetts: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $8 across 13 hospitalsOR$8Nevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $13 across 31 hospitalsIA$13Indiana: median $13 across 28 hospitalsIN$13Ohio: median $98 across 41 hospitalsOH$98Pennsylvania: median $119 across 33 hospitalsPA$119New Jersey: median $1,126 across 16 hospitalsNJ$1,126Connecticut: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $627 across 59 hospitalsCA$627Utah: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: median $14 across 17 hospitalsNE$14Missouri: median $13 across 20 hospitalsMO$13Kentucky: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $21 across 18 hospitalsWV$21Virginia: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: median $8 across 15 hospitalsSC$8Oklahoma: median $9 across 14 hospitalsOK$9Louisiana: median $36 across 15 hospitalsLA$36Mississippi: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $53 across 14 hospitalsGA$53Hawaii: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $17 across 51 hospitalsTX$17Florida: median $476 across 17 hospitalsFL$476
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $23. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ16$1,126+4741%$1,112 – $1,335
California CA59$627+2596%$57 – $837
Florida FL17$476+1947%$110 – $2,120
New York NY45$129+454%$12 – $1,204
Pennsylvania PA33$119+413%$58 – $976
Ohio OH41$98+319%$41 – $110
Georgia GA14$53+130%$50 – $53
Louisiana LA15$36+53%$13 – $435
Minnesota MN30$27+16%$8 – $45
West Virginia WV18$21−12%$4 – $615
Illinois IL34$17−27%$6 – $58
Texas TX51$17−27%$13 – $47
Washington WA15$15−34%$7 – $47
Michigan MI33$15−35%$14 – $43
Wisconsin WI44$14−39%$9 – $35
Nebraska NE17$14−40%$11 – $472
Missouri MO20$13−43%$6 – $32
Indiana IN28$13−44%$6 – $21
Iowa IA31$13−45%$10 – $44
Oklahoma OK14$9−63%$9 – $22
South Carolina SC15$8−64%$8 – $75
Oregon OR13$8−67%$7 – $9
Massachusetts MA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $23.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care546$43$10 – $566
Children’s32$38$15 – $85
Critical access159$13$6 – $28
Ownership
For-profit51$37$8 – $547
Government128$17$7 – $476
Non-profit558$26$9 – $306
System affiliation
Part of a system603$27$9 – $435
Independent135$17$8 – $183

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$33
Median cash price$23
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

495 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $38 and the average of the middle 60% is $49; most fall between $9 and $276.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 495 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$6$10$38$115$627

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 101× what the cheapest tenth charges ($6 vs $627).

Of the 528 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 495 gave a usable cash price; 16 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 17 a list price only.

How complete is this

738 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (19%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 790 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted738
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here30
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded22
Hospitals that filed this code790

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 25, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 25, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other diagnostic procedures on skin and subcutaneous tissue family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Percutaneous Tests W/Allergenic Xtr Immt Rxn.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Allergy skin prick or scratch tests, per test (CPT 95004) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-95004-allergy-skin-prick-or-scratch-tests-per-test