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Test For An Antibiotic-Destroying Enzyme

Idaho 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?

$5.75

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.75 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.79 from a physician practice, and about $10.72 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$4.79$4.47 to $9.33
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10.72$5.75 to $16.98

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11 · 10th to 90th $5 to $24Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $9
$2$5$10$20facility $11professional $5

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
$5.75
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$9.33
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$25.12
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$20.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$18.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$7.24
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$6.17
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$5.75
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$16.98
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$5.01
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$17.78
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$4.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$7.76

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 22nd of 51

$5.75

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.