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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 October 2026.

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

$2.82

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2.82 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.82 from a physician practice, and about $4.47 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2.82$2.14 to $3.47
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4.47$1.35 to $7.41

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4 · 10th to 90th $1 to $12Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $1 to $6
$1$2$5$10$20facility $4professional $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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.81
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$5.75
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.07
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$11.22
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.29
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$3.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$17.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$7.94
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$7.24
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.10
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$8.32
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$0.41
Median
$0.41
Typical High
$1.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.16
Median
$0.16
Typical High
$0.78

Where Connecticut sits

The same service costs 4.2 times more in Kansas 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

$2.82

KS $11.75CT $2.82

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.