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Antibiotic Susceptibility Test, Each Drug

New Hampshire 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 July 2026.

How much does Antibiotic Susceptibility Test, Each Drug cost?

$7.24

Typical negotiated rate. In New Hampshire, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.24 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.47 from a physician practice, and about $14.79 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$4.47$3.09 to $8.71
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$14.79$8.32 to $27.54

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $5 to $95Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $18
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $15professional $4

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$21.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$27.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$10.72
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$33.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$14.13
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$16.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$2.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$13.80

Where New Hampshire sits

The same service costs 3.8 times more in West Virginia than in Connecticut. 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.

New Hampshire· 6th of 51

$7.24

WV $13.49CT $3.55

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.