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Test For An Antibiotic-Destroying Enzyme

New Jersey 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?

$3.63

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.63 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.31 from a physician practice, and about $12.30 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3.31$3.09 to $3.89
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12.30$4.68 to $31.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12 · 10th to 90th $4 to $708Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $5
$1$10$100$1Kfacility $12professional $3

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
$3.63
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$9.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$4.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$1.82
Typical High
$2.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.62
Median
$0.72
Typical High
$0.85
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.01
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$22.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$13.18
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.02
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$2.82
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$151.36
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$3.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$4.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$5.62

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 46th of 51

$3.63

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.