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Test For An Antibiotic-Destroying Enzyme

Alabama rates for HCPCS 87185

Checks a bacterial sample for an enzyme that breaks down certain antibiotics, most commonly the enzyme that inactivates penicillin-type drugs. If the enzyme is found, those antibiotics will not work and a different drug is chosen. Each enzyme looked for is reported separately.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Test For An Antibiotic-Destroying Enzyme cost?

$5.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.47 from a physician practice, and about $7.08 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$3.16 to $5.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7.08$5.50 to $12.02

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7 · 10th to 90th $5 to $16Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $1 to $5
$1$2$5$10$20$50facility $7professional $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
$5.50
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.69
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$5.50
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$6.46
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$15.85
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$4.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$15.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$16.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$6.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$6.61

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Pennsylvania 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.

Alabama· 29th of 51

$5.13

PA $11.22CT $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.