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Antibiotic Susceptibility Test, Each Drug

New Jersey 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?

$5.50

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.63 from a physician practice, and about $14.13 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 6 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$3.63$3.16 to $4.27
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$14.13$6.76 to $28.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14 · 10th to 90th $5 to $65Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $9
$1.0$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $14professional $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
$4.79
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$9.12
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$21.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$13.18
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.02
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$4.57
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$23,988.33
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$5.37
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$9.77
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$6.92

Where New Jersey sits

The same service costs 3.8 times more in West Virginia than in Connecticut. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

New Jersey $5.50 · 22nd of 51
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.