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Test For An Antibiotic-Destroying Enzyme

Oregon 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?

$5.50

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.50 from a physician practice, and about $5.50 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 8 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$5.50$4.47 to $6.92
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5.50$4.79 to $9.33

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5 · 10th to 90th $5 to $18Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $2 to $14
$1$2$5$10$20$50facility $5professional $5

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
$6.17
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$21.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$14.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$16.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$9.12
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$12.02
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$5.13
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.38
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$6.46
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$9.33
Pacific Source
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$5.50
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$14.45
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.38
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$79.43
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$18.62
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.85
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$5.75
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$7.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$6.61

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 25th of 51

$5.50

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.