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Test For An Antibiotic-Destroying Enzyme

Florida 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?

$4.07

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.07 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.55 from a physician practice, and about $12.88 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 7 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$3.55$0.78 to $4.07
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12.88$5.50 to $23.44

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $4 to $39Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $1 to $6
$1$2$5$10$20$50facility $13professional $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
$4.07
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.69
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$4.79
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$2.88
Typical High
$4.79
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$5.62
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.23
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$5.75
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$13.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$9.77
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.87
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$8.71
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.38
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$3.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$5.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.48
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$6.61
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.81
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$4.79

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 46th of 51

$4.07

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.