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Antibiotic Effectiveness Panel For Bacteria

Arkansas 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 October 2026.

How much does Antibiotic Effectiveness Panel For Bacteria cost?

$9.77

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.77 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.71 from a physician practice, and about $10.23 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$8.71$5.25 to $12.30
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10.23$9.77 to $13.49

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $9 to $15Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $4 to $14
$5$10$20facility $10professional $9

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
$12.02
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$15.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$13.49
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$12.02
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$13.49
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$14.45
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$8.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$21.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$12.30
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$13.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$44.67
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$10.96
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
$3.39
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$6.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.38
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$2.69

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 13.2 times more in Vermont than in Maryland. 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.

Arkansas· 23rd of 51

$9.77

VT $85.11MD $6.46

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.