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Antibiotic Susceptibility Test, Each Drug

Indiana rates for HCPCS 87181

A follow-on laboratory test once bacteria have been grown from a sample. The organism is exposed to an antibiotic mixed into the material it is growing on, to see whether that drug stops it and at what strength, with a result reported for each drug tested.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Antibiotic Susceptibility Test, Each Drug cost?

$3.72

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.72 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.09 from a physician practice, and about $4.79 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3.09$1.00 to $4.79
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4.79$4.27 to $11.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $16Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $1 to $9
$1$10$100$1Kfacility $5professional $3

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$17.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$7.94
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$14.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.81
Median
$1.58
Typical High
$5.62
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$5.89
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$5.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$15.85
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$12.88
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$2,187.76
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$4.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$5.75
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
$1.78
Median
$1.95
Typical High
$3.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.71
Median
$0.78
Typical High
$1.58

Where Indiana sits

The same service costs 9.1 times more in Kansas than in Kentucky. 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.

Indiana· 45th of 51

$3.72

KS $11.75KY $1.29

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.