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Test For An Antibiotic-Destroying Enzyme

Georgia 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?

$3.98

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.16 from a physician practice, and about $6.46 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$3.16$2.34 to $7.08
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6.46$4.79 to $10.00

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6 · 10th to 90th $4 to $17Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $1 to $9
$2$5$10$20$50facility $6professional $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
$3.16
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$10.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$4.57
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$6.92
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$16.60
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.48
Median
$2.34
Typical High
$8.91
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$3.63
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$26.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$7.24
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$17.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$10.00
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
$1.58
Median
$2.00
Typical High
$2.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.63
Median
$0.79
Typical High
$0.91

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 34th of 51

$3.98

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.