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Tuberculosis and Acid-Fast Bacteria Culture

Oregon 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?

$13.49

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.49 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.88 from a physician practice, and about $15.14 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 8 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$12.88$10.47 to $17.78
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.14$10.72 to $31.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $11 to $68Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $9 to $68
$5$10$20$50$100facility $15professional $13

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
$13.49
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$38.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$19.95
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$27.54
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$14.13
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$21.88
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$21.38
Pacific Source
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$15.14
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$32.36
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$79.43
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$42.66
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$13.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$15.14

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 29th of 51

$13.49

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.