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Tuberculosis and Acid-Fast Bacteria Culture

Hawaii 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?

$15.85

Typical negotiated rate. In Hawaii, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.85 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $11.75 to $21.88.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11 · 10th to 90th $9 to $60Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $11 to $25
$10$20$50$100facility $11professional $17

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
$8.91
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$11.75
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$12.88
HMSA
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$23.99
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$20.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$19.05
University Health Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$25.70

Where Hawaii 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.

Hawaii· 23rd of 51

$15.85

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.