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Tuberculosis and Acid-Fast Bacteria Culture

Florida 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?

$30.90

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $30.90 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.55 from a physician practice, and about $70.79 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 8 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$8.91 to $10.72
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$70.79$32.36 to $219

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $71 · 10th to 90th $12 to $389Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $8 to $41
$5$20$100$500$2Kfacility $71professional $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
$13.18
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$52.48
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$6.61
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$12.59
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$15.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$30.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$21.38
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$83.18
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$14.79
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.29
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$6.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$13.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$15.14
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$10.72

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 6th of 51

$30.90

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.