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Blood Culture Organism And Resistance Panel

Maryland rates for HCPCS 87154

Tests a positive blood culture for many bacteria and fungi at once by looking for each organism's genetic signature with a panel of probes, and flags genetic markers of antibiotic resistance where they are found. Naming the organism and its resistance pattern within hours rather than days lets antibiotic treatment be narrowed or switched early. Many targets are checked side by side in a single run, rather than an organism's genetic material being read out letter by letter.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Blood Culture Organism And Resistance Panel cost?

$162

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $162 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $132 to $174.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $117 · 10th to 90th $115 to $224Professionalmedian $162 · 10th to 90th $98 to $219
$100$200facility $117professional $162

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$173.78
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$380.19
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$323.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$181.97
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$323.59
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36

Where Maryland sits

The same service costs 3.7 times more in Alaska than in West Virginia. 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.

Maryland· 45th of 51

$162

AK $490WV $132

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.