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Tuberculosis and Acid-Fast Bacteria Culture

Georgia 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?

$10.72

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.72 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.33 from a physician practice, and about $15.14 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 7 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$9.33$7.24 to $11.75
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.14$10.72 to $36.31

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $8 to $158Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $5 to $21
$10$100$1Kfacility $15professional $9

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
$8.13
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$22.91
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$15.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$19.50
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$16.60
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.32
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$10.72
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$33.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$22.91
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$26.92
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$13.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$15.14

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 48th of 51

$10.72

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.