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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 October 2026.

How much does Antibiotic Susceptibility Test, Each Drug cost?

$3.63

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.63 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.31 from a physician practice, and about $13.18 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3.31$3.02 to $3.63
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$13.18$4.79 to $31.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $4 to $1,288Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $5
$1$10$100$1Kfacility $13professional $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
$3.63
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$7.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$4.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$1.82
Typical High
$2.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.62
Median
$0.72
Typical High
$0.85
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$2.40
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$22.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$9.55
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.02
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$2.82
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$151.36
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$3.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$4.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$5.25

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 46th of 51

$3.63

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.