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Antibiotic Effectiveness Panel For Bacteria

Arizona 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?

$12.02

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.02 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.76 from a physician practice, and about $36.31 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$7.76$6.92 to $12.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$36.31$16.60 to $85.11

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $36 · 10th to 90th $9 to $129Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $5 to $56
$5$10$20$50$100facility $36professional $8

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
$12.30
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$56.23
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$6.03
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$38.02
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$35.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$28.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$13.49
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$7.94
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$10.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$12.02

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 29th of 51

$12.02

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.