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Antibiotic Effectiveness Panel For Bacteria

Louisiana 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?

$9.55

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.55 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.71 from a physician practice, and about $11.22 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$8.71$5.13 to $10.47
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$11.22$8.51 to $19.50

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11 · 10th to 90th $9 to $31Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $4 to $12
$5$10$20$50facility $11professional $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
$9.12
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$2.34
Typical High
$8.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$12.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$5.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$2.09
Typical High
$2.24
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$14.13
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$32.36
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$12.88
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$8.51
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$52.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$10.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$8.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$11.22

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 26th of 51

$9.55

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.