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Test For An Antibiotic-Destroying Enzyme

Vermont 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 Vermont, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.79 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.79 from a physician practice, and about $19.05 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 5 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$4.79$1.95 to $4.79
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.05$7.94 to $33.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $5 to $38Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $2 to $5
$1$2$5$10$20facility $19professional $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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$4.79
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$35.48
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$5.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$38.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$7.94
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$4.79
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$3.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.66
Median
$1.66
Typical High
$1.66
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.98
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$12.88

Where Vermont 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.

Vermont· 43rd 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.