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Test For An Antibiotic-Destroying Enzyme

South 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 October 2026.

How much does Test For An Antibiotic-Destroying Enzyme cost?

$7.08

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.08 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.61 from a physician practice, and about $16.60 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$6.61$4.79 to $10.00
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$16.60$12.02 to $28.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $7 to $34Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $3 to $12
$2$5$10$20$50facility $17professional $7

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
$3.72
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$13.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$4.37
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$34.67
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$12.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$6.17
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$7.76
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$8.91
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$5.75
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$6.61
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.86
Median
$1.86
Typical High
$1.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.74
Median
$0.74
Typical High
$0.76

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 7th of 51

$7.08

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.