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Test For An Antibiotic-Destroying Enzyme

Louisiana 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?

$6.03

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.03 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.25 from a physician practice, and about $6.92 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 5 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$5.25$4.47 to $6.03
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6.92$5.75 to $12.30

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7 · 10th to 90th $5 to $21Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $9
$2$5$10$20facility $7professional $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
$5.01
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$8.51
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$17.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$9.33
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$28.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$5.75
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$6.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$6.61

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 17th of 51

$6.03

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.