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Tuberculosis and Acid-Fast Bacteria Culture

Nebraska 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?

$38.02

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $38.02 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.77 from a physician practice, and about $46.77 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$9.77$7.08 to $21.38
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$46.77$28.84 to $89.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $47 · 10th to 90th $13 to $186Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $6 to $71
$5$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $47professional $10

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
$23.99
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$70.79
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$81.28
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$17.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$25.70
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$177.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$19.95
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$22.39
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$10.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$21.38

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 3rd of 51

$38.02

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.