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Antibiotic Susceptibility Test, Each Drug

Missouri 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?

$3.98

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.02 from a physician practice, and about $8.32 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$3.02$2.69 to $5.25
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8.32$5.75 to $16.22

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8 · 10th to 90th $4 to $100Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $7
$1$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $8professional $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
$4.07
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$8.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$4.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$21.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$7.41
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$17.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$8.32
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$6.17
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$4.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$6.31
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
$2.04
Typical High
$2.75
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.81
Median
$0.81
Typical High
$1.10

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 36th of 51

$3.98

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.