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Antibiotic Effectiveness Panel For Bacteria

Alaska rates for HCPCS 87186

After bacteria from an infection are grown in the laboratory, this test exposes them to a panel of different antibiotics at varying strengths to determine which drugs are strong enough to stop them from growing. The result helps a clinician choose an antibiotic that is likely to work rather than one the bacteria can resist. It is typically ordered after a culture has already identified the type of bacteria present.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Antibiotic Effectiveness Panel For Bacteria cost?

$19.50

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.13 from a physician practice, and about $51.29 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 6 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$14.13$7.94 to $27.54
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$51.29$7.59 to $110

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $51 · 10th to 90th $8 to $129Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $7 to $41
$10$20$50$100$200facility $51professional $14

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
$28.84
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$40.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$23.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$12.30
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$8.71
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$27.54
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$56.23
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$19.50
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$7.59
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$11.22
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$85.11

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 10.5 times more in West Virginia than in New Mexico. 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.

Alaska· 18th of 51

$19.50

WV $83.18NM $7.94

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.