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Test For An Antibiotic-Destroying Enzyme

Massachusetts 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?

$6.17

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.17 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.79 from a physician practice, and about $11.48 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 9 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 $6.61
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$11.48$6.92 to $16.60

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11 · 10th to 90th $4 to $28Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $13
$1.0$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $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
$4.79
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$21.38
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$60.26
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$11.48
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$18.20
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$6.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$12.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$12.59
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$7,079.46
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$8.32
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$14.45
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$43.65
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$60.26
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$11.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$6.92
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$12.02

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Pennsylvania than in Connecticut. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Massachusetts $6.17 · 16th of 51
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.