go back

Tuberculosis and Acid-Fast Bacteria Culture

North Dakota 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?

$18.20

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.22 from a physician practice, and about $66.07 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$16.22$10.72 to $24.55
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$66.07$10.23 to $70.79

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $66 · 10th to 90th $8 to $72Professionalmedian $16 · 10th to 90th $8 to $65
$5$10$20$50facility $66professional $16

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
$7.59
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$64.57
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$24.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$15.85
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$47.86
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$18.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$16.60

Where North Dakota 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.

North Dakota· 17th of 51

$18.20

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.