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Antibiotic Effectiveness Panel For Bacteria

Connecticut 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?

$8.32

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.32 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.03 from a physician practice, and about $12.30 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$6.03$4.37 to $9.33
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12.30$10.23 to $19.05

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12 · 10th to 90th $9 to $26Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $4 to $12
$5$10$20$50$100facility $12professional $6

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$10.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$21.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$12.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$30.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$14.13
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$12.88
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$44.67
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$15.14
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
$3.55
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$3.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.41
Median
$1.55
Typical High
$1.55

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 34th of 51

$8.32

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.