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Tuberculosis and Acid-Fast Bacteria Culture

New Hampshire 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?

$18.62

Typical negotiated rate. In New Hampshire, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.48 from a physician practice, and about $43.65 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$7.08 to $19.95
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$43.65$20.89 to $75.86

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $44 · 10th to 90th $19 to $178Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $6 to $40
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $44professional $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
$20.89
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$48.98
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$61.66
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$23.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$75.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$30.90
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$38.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$31.62

Where New Hampshire 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.

New Hampshire· 15th of 51

$18.62

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.