U-M students' personal health insurance will be billed for allergy injection fees. For more information, see Fees and Insurance on this page.
Eligibility for allergy shots at UHS:
- Currently enrolled U-M students and UHS Prepaid Plan members: You are eligible to receive allergy shots at UHS.
- Non-students: Please see Who Can Use UHS? for eligibility and insurance criteria. In addition, all eligible non-students must establish care with a UHS medical clinician before starting allergy shots. For questions about eligibility and establishing care, please call 734-764-8320.
To receive allergy shots at UHS that are prescribed by a U-M allergist:
Please schedule an appointment by calling 734-764-8320.
To receive allergy shots at UHS that are prescribed by a home (non-U-M) allergist:
Explain to your home allergist that you want to get allergy shots at University Health Service at the University of Michigan. You may wish to provide the instructions included here or direct them to this webpage.
You will need to arrange a supply of antigen from your home allergist. (UHS does not prepare antigen.)
Your allergist may have an “Administration of Immunotherapy” agreement for us to sign and return. Please let them know we do not sign these. Instead, we can fax our own agreement at their request.
For antigen coming to UHS, please INCLUDE the following information:
- The patient's:
- Full name
- Date of birth
- U-M ID number
- Best phone number
- Antigen contents, concentration and expiration date
- Instruction from home allergist including:
- Immunotherapy dosage schedule
- Date and dose of last shots received
You can deliver antigen to UHS, or your home allergist can mail it. UHS accepts delivery Monday-Thursday during Clinic Hours. Include the required information (listed immediately above) and deliver to:
Allergy Clinic
University Health Service
207 Fletcher St.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1050
Antigen must be kept cool during transport. We recommend the use of a cooler or ice pack for extended travel / transport of your antigen.
When antigen arrives:
- For safety, the treatment plan prescribed by the home allergist will be reviewed and verified, so we have all necessary information.
- Afterwards, the patient will be contacted to schedule an appointment. The time between receipt of antigen and the first injection can be up to two weeks, depending on the time of year and number of new patients.
- At that appointment, the patient will be asked to review and sign a consent form before a shot is given.
When the antigen supply is low, we will contact your allergist to request more. We will also fax your allergy shot record to inform your allergist of the patient's progress.
Some home allergists require that the patient visit prior to shipping us additional antigen. Please ask your home allergist their preference, so you can schedule visits over school breaks (e.g. fall, Thanksgiving, winter, spring break, etc) if needed.
If you request to take your serum home during a break or at the end of the semester, we can ship it, at a cost to you, or you can hand-carry it on ice, with the use of a cooler. You will be asked to sign a form that indicates you are taking the serum from UHS, and that it is to be administered only in a health care setting.
Fees and insurance:
- There are fees for allergy injections for all patients:
- Antigen: All patients are responsible for antigen costs through their allergist.
- Injection fees: All patients are charged an injection fee of $36 for a single injection, or $42 for ≥2 injections.
- UHS will bill patients' personal health insurance for injection fees. UHS will bill students for any remaining costs for allergy injections that their personal health insurance does not pay.
- We recommend that patients consult with their personal health insurance to learn about benefits for allergy shots.
- To see a list of health insurance plans UHS is contracted with and in-network with click here.
- For all other insurance companies, please check to see if they will cover shots. (You may be asked for our “procedure codes”, which are 95115 & 95117 and our tax ID number, which is 383422836.)
- If you do NOT want your insurance to be billed, you may make payment arrangements with the UHS Patient Billing Office on the SAME DAY that you receive allergy shots. Payment must be made within 30 days.
- Patients may be responsible for paying insurance deductible, co-payments, co-insurance, or any other costs not covered by insurance.
- If you have questions about costs, billing or payment options, please contact the UHS Patient Billing Office:
Location: Suite 0113, ground floor of UHS
Telephone: 734-764-7380
Email: uhs-busbill@med.umich.edu - See also:
To schedule or ask questions, please call 734-764-8320.