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Test For An Antibiotic-Destroying Enzyme

Maryland 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?

$4.79

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.79 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.98 from a physician practice, and about $12.88 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 6 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$3.98$3.55 to $5.01
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12.88$9.33 to $15.14

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $3 to $15Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $7
$2$5$10$20facility $13professional $4

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
$3.55
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$15.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$6.92
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.45
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$4.68
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$6.17
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$12.02
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$7.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$6.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$4.07
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.86
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$7.08

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 41st of 51

$4.79

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.