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Antibiotic Effectiveness Panel For Bacteria

Maryland 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 July 2026.

How much does Antibiotic Effectiveness Panel For Bacteria cost?

$25.12

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $25.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.59 from a physician practice, and about $30.20 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$7.59$6.46 to $8.71
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$30.20$26.30 to $35.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $30 · 10th to 90th $22 to $40Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $5 to $11
$5$10$20$50$100facility $30professional $8

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$11.48
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$8.51
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$11.22
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$20.89
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$16.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$32.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$8.13
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$12.88

Where Maryland sits

The same service costs 10.5 times more in West Virginia than in New Mexico. 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.

Maryland· 12th of 51

$25.12

WV $83.18NM $7.94

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.