go back

Test For An Antibiotic-Destroying Enzyme

Rhode Island 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?

$4.90

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.90 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.90 from a physician practice, and about $14.13 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 4 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$4.90$3.55 to $4.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$14.13$6.03 to $27.54

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14 · 10th to 90th $6 to $30Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $8
$2$5$10$20facility $14professional $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
$7.76
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$4.90
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$6.46
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$7.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$19.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$7.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$9.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$9.33

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 32nd of 51

$4.90

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.