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Antibiotic Effectiveness Panel For Bacteria

Idaho 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?

$16.98

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.47 from a physician practice, and about $30.90 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$10.47$8.32 to $16.60
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$30.90$16.22 to $52.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $31 · 10th to 90th $9 to $93Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $5 to $17
$5$10$20$50$100facility $31professional $10

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
$13.80
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$19.05
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$50.12
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$12.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$33.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$12.30
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$104.71
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$17.78
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$16.60
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$16.60
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$30.90
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$7.41
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$39.81
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$12.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$19.05

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 7th of 51

$16.98

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.