Allergy blood test cost in Brownsville, TX
In Brownsville-Harlingen, TX, 2 hospitals list a cash price for allergy blood test, specific IgE, per allergen: from $5.00 to $149.55, with a median of $77.28. The lowest listed price is at Harlingen Medical Center — $72.28 less than the median here. Across Texas, the median is $25.62 at 224 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 86003, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Sep 1, 2026 and Sep 1, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Brownsville-Harlingen, TX.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harlingen Medical Center lowest Harlingen, TX · (956) 365-1000 IgE Ovalbumin | $5.00 | $20.00 | $4.38–$166.84 | 75% | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Harlingen Medical Center lowest Harlingen, TX · (956) 365-1000 IgE Ovomucoid | $5.00 | $37.60 | $4.38–$166.84 | 87% | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Harlingen Medical Center lowest Harlingen, TX · (956) 365-1000 IgE Beta Lactoglobulin | $5.00 | $32.60 | $4.38–$166.84 | 85% | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Harlingen Medical Center lowest Harlingen, TX · (956) 365-1000 ALLERGEN SPEC IGE, QUANT/SEMQ ALL | $5.00 | $58.25 | $4.38–$166.84 | 91% | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Harlingen Medical Center lowest Harlingen, TX · (956) 365-1000 ALLERGEN PROFILE,BASIC FOOD | $5.00 | $208.55 | $4.38–$166.84 | 98% | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Harlingen Medical Center lowest Harlingen, TX · (956) 365-1000 ALLERGEN TESTING IGE | $5.00 | $33.50 | $4.38–$166.84 | 85% | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Harlingen Medical Center lowest Harlingen, TX · (956) 365-1000 IgE Banana | $5.00 | $32.60 | $4.38–$166.84 | 85% | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Harlingen Medical Center lowest Harlingen, TX · (956) 365-1000 IgE Casein | $5.00 | $33.50 | $4.38–$166.84 | 85% | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Harlingen Medical Center lowest Harlingen, TX · (956) 365-1000 IgE Alpha Lactalbumin | $5.00 | $32.60 | $4.38–$166.84 | 85% | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Valley Regional Medical Center Brownsville, TX · (956) 350-7000 ALLERGEN IGE EACH | $149.55 | $149.55 | $10.47–$127.12 | — | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Valley Regional Medical Center Brownsville, TX · (956) 350-7000 Allergen specific IgE; quantitative or semiquantitative, crude allergen extract, each | $149.55 | $149.55 | $4.47–$5.22 | — | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $5.00, median $77.28, highest $149.55 — a 29.9× difference within the same market.
Cash or insurance?
At 1 of 2 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
What it is
This blood test measures IgE antibodies to one specific allergen, such as peanut, cat or a pollen. The code is billed once per allergen, so a panel of many allergens is billed many times.
What the price covers
The price is for one allergen. A panel is billed once per allergen. The blood draw (36415) is often billed as a separate line.