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Test For An Antibiotic-Destroying Enzyme

Iowa 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?

$9.33

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.33 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.33 from a physician practice, and about $9.12 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$9.33$3.98 to $14.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$9.12$5.75 to $13.80

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9 · 10th to 90th $5 to $39Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $3 to $32
$5$10$20$50$100facility $9professional $9

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
$11.22
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$31.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$12.02
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$41.69
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$14.79
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$12.30
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$6.31
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$5.75
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$10.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$12.02
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$4.79

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 5th of 51

$9.33

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.