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Tuberculosis and Acid-Fast Bacteria Culture

Oklahoma 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?

$15.49

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.49 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.23 from a physician practice, and about $75.86 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$10.23$8.13 to $10.72
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$75.86$12.88 to $110

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $76 · 10th to 90th $9 to $174Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $6 to $12
$5$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $76professional $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
$8.13
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$11.75
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$6.61
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$131.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$29.51
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$15.49
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$14.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$14.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$9.33

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 24th of 51

$15.49

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.