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Test For An Antibiotic-Destroying Enzyme

Connecticut 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?

$3.55

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.55 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.34 from a physician practice, and about $7.41 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$2.34$0.81 to $4.47
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7.41$4.79 to $10.72

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7 · 10th to 90th $3 to $15Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $1 to $5
$1$2$5$10$20facility $7professional $2

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
$8.32
Typical High
$14.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.81
Median
$0.81
Typical High
$4.79
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.23
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$12.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.29
Median
$2.34
Typical High
$5.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$19.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$7.59
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$7.24
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$4.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.02
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$8.32

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 51st of 51

$3.55

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.