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Test For An Antibiotic-Destroying Enzyme

Michigan 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 October 2026.

How much does Test For An Antibiotic-Destroying Enzyme cost?

$4.37

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.37 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.55 from a physician practice, and about $5.01 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3.55$3.24 to $4.57
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5.01$4.47 to $8.32

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $14Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $5
$2$5$10$20$50facility $5professional $4

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$7.08
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$3.55
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.89
Median
$0.89
Typical High
$1.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$4.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.29
Typical High
$2.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.81
Median
$0.91
Typical High
$0.95
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$9.77
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$3.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$7.24
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$24.55
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$3.55
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.89
Median
$0.89
Typical High
$1.41
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$5.62
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$2.24
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.89
Median
$0.89
Typical High
$0.89
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$6.17
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$5.75
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.48
Median
$2.00
Typical High
$6.17

Where Michigan sits

The same service costs 4.2 times more in Kansas 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.

Michigan· 30th of 51

$4.37

KS $11.75CT $2.82

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.