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Tuberculosis and Acid-Fast Bacteria Culture

Minnesota 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 Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.72 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.72 from a physician practice, and about $41.69 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$10.72$10.23 to $12.59
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$41.69$19.95 to $79.43

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $42 · 10th to 90th $11 to $107Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $9 to $21
$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $42professional $11

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
$10.23
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$109.65
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$77.62
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$10.72
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$100.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$20.89
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$79.43
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$20.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$107.15
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$107.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$44.67
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$23.99

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 49th 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.