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Tuberculosis and Acid-Fast Bacteria Culture

Mississippi 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?

$17.78

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.78 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.48 from a physician practice, and about $19.50 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 5 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$11.48$8.51 to $19.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.50$11.48 to $46.77

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $10 to $135Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $8 to $22
$5$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $19professional $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
$10.72
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$21.88
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$7.59
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$17.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$15.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$21.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$21.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$14.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$21.88

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 19th of 51

$17.78

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.