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Antibiotic Effectiveness Panel For Bacteria

Illinois 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?

$6.61

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.61 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.61 from a physician practice, and about $18.20 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$6.61$5.25 to $7.08
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$18.20$11.48 to $31.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $18 · 10th to 90th $9 to $60Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $3 to $12
$5$10$20$50$100facility $18professional $7

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
$7.41
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$14.13
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$12.88
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$89.13
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$6.61
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$35.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$15.49
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$83.18
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$11.22
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$10.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$22.39
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$9.33
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$13.18
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.41
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$5.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$4.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.41
Median
$1.41
Typical High
$1.74

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 50th of 51

$6.61

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.