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Antibiotic Effectiveness Panel For Bacteria

Maine 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?

$14.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Maine, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.71 from a physician practice, and about $50.12 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 7 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$8.71$7.08 to $10.23
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$50.12$14.13 to $91.20

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $50 · 10th to 90th $9 to $141Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $5 to $11
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $50professional $9

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
$8.71
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$11.48
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$87.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$11.22
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$19.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$12.30
Community Health Options
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$398.11
Community Health Options
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$134.90
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$10.47
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$144.54
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$15.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$20.42

Where Maine 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.

Maine· 26th of 51

$14.13

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.