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Tuberculosis and Acid-Fast Bacteria Culture

Arizona rates for HCPCS 87116

This is a laboratory culture that grows a sample, such as sputum or another body fluid, to look for tuberculosis or related slow-growing bacteria known as acid-fast organisms. Because these organisms grow slowly, results can take days to weeks, and the lab both identifies whether the bacteria are present and provides a preliminary identification of the type.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Tuberculosis and Acid-Fast Bacteria Culture cost?

$12.59

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.59 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.55 from a physician practice, and about $22.91 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$9.55$7.24 to $12.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$22.91$14.13 to $43.65

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $23 · 10th to 90th $9 to $51Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $7 to $71
$5$10$20$50$100facility $23professional $10

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$70.79
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$7.08
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$50.12
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$43.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$35.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$16.60
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$8.91
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$13.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$12.59

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 14.5 times more in West Virginia than in Rhode Island. 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.

Arizona· 35th of 51

$12.59

WV $117RI $8.13

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.