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Antibiotic Susceptibility Test, Each Drug

Nebraska 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?

$4.37

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.37 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.82 from a physician practice, and about $23.44 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$2.82$2.82 to $4.79
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$23.44$7.08 to $40.74

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $23 · 10th to 90th $3 to $79Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $3 to $11
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $23professional $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
$3.39
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$11.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$4.37
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$12.02
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$18.62
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$8.71
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$5.75
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.70
Median
$2.00
Typical High
$2.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$9.55

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 30th of 51

$4.37

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.