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Mycobacteria Identification From Culture

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS 87118

This is a laboratory test that identifies the specific type of mycobacteria growing in a culture sample, such as the bacteria that cause tuberculosis or related infections. Once a culture shows mycobacterial growth, this additional testing pins down exactly which species is present, which helps guide the choice of treatment. It's performed on a sample that has already been grown in the lab, rather than being the initial culture step itself.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Mycobacteria Identification From Culture cost?

$14.45

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.45 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.45 from a physician practice, and about $29.51 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 9 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$14.45$12.59 to $19.05
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$29.51$19.95 to $42.66

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $30 · 10th to 90th $11 to $59Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $10 to $35
$10$50$200$1Kfacility $30professional $14

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
$14.45
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$48.98
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$102.33
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$35.48
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$45.71
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$14.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$30.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$38.02
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$7,079.46
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$24.55
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$33.88
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.23
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$102.33
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$35.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$17.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$33.11

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 2.7 times more in Iowa than in Florida. 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.

Massachusetts· 33rd of 51

$14.45

IA $28.18FL $10.47

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.