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Tuberculosis and Acid-Fast Bacteria Culture

Nevada 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?

$10.23

Typical negotiated rate. In Nevada, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.23 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.77 from a physician practice, and about $17.78 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 7 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$8.13 to $12.30
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$17.78$10.72 to $44.67

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $18 · 10th to 90th $9 to $81Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $7 to $19
$5$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $18professional $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
$8.51
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$26.30
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$6.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$25.70
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$8.32
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$32.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$15.49
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.14
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$17.78
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$3.72
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$10.72
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$13.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$44.67
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$30.90

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada· 50th of 51

$10.23

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.