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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 October 2026.

How much does Antibiotic Effectiveness Panel For Bacteria cost?

$7.24

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.24 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.25 from a physician practice, and about $16.98 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$5.25$4.90 to $7.24
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$16.98$8.32 to $28.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $6 to $40Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $12
$5$10$20$50$100facility $17professional $5

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
$5.75
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$12.02
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$8.71
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$33.11
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$10.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$23.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$13.49
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$7.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$44.67
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$11.75
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
$2.88
Median
$2.88
Typical High
$2.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.15
Median
$1.15
Typical High
$1.15

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 43rd of 51

$7.24

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.