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Test For An Antibiotic-Destroying Enzyme

Virginia 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?

$4.79

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.79 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.55 from a physician practice, and about $9.77 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$3.55$3.55 to $4.47
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$9.77$4.79 to $26.92

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $4 to $45Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $10
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $10professional $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
$4.47
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$9.12
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$19.05
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$2.34
Typical High
$3.63
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$33.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$22.39
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$8.13
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$7.08
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$9.33
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$7.59
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$10.00
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$10,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$8.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$5.01

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 34th of 51

$4.79

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.