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Antibiotic Susceptibility Test, Each Drug

Kansas 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?

$11.75

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11.75 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.79 from a physician practice, and about $12.30 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$4.79$2.82 to $7.59
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12.30$11.75 to $17.38

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12 · 10th to 90th $7 to $19Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $10
$2$5$10$20facility $12professional $5

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
$4.79
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$14.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$5.01
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$2.88
Typical High
$2.88
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$18.62
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$7.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$10.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$14.13
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$15.49
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$8.91
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$4.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$9.77
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
$2.04
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$2.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.81
Median
$0.95
Typical High
$1.00

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 1st of 51

$11.75

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.