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Test For An Antibiotic-Destroying Enzyme

North Carolina 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 North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.75 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.80 from a physician practice, and about $18.62 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$3.80$3.80 to $4.79
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$18.62$4.57 to $50.12

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $4 to $54Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $6
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $19professional $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
$3.89
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$6.31
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$4.37
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$21.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$7.41
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$9.33
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$9.33
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$6.17
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$8.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$6.61
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 21st 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.