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Test For An Antibiotic-Destroying Enzyme

Nebraska 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?

$10.47

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.47 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.89 from a physician practice, and about $19.95 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$3.89$3.16 to $10.96
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.95$10.47 to $38.90

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $4 to $58Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $32
$2$5$10$20$50facility $20professional $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
$7.08
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$31.62
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$70.79
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$7.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$38.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$12.02
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$60.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$8.71
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$9.77
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$5.75
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$4.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$9.55

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 4th of 51

$10.47

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.