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Antibiotic Effectiveness Panel For Bacteria

Iowa 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?

$10.47

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.47 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.71 from a physician practice, and about $17.38 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$6.76 to $17.78
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$17.38$11.22 to $26.92

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $9 to $68Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $5 to $22
$5$10$20$50$100facility $17professional $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
$6.76
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$13.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$26.92
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$38.90
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$81.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$22.39
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$35.48
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$22.39
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$12.02
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$8.71

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 18th of 51

$10.47

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.