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Antibiotic Effectiveness Panel For Bacteria

Indiana 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?

$7.08

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.08 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.03 from a physician practice, and about $8.71 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$6.03$4.27 to $8.71
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8.71$8.51 to $17.38

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9 · 10th to 90th $7 to $26Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $4 to $15
$5$20$100$500$2Kfacility $9professional $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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$20.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$28.18
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$6.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$25.70
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$12.02
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$10.72
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$10.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$28.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$23.44
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$2,187.76
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$7.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$10.47
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
$3.24
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.29
Median
$1.41
Typical High
$10.47

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 45th of 51

$7.08

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.