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Antibiotic Effectiveness Panel For Bacteria

Michigan 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?

$12.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.13 from a physician practice, and about $23.44 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$8.13$7.41 to $8.91
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$23.44$10.47 to $51.29

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $23 · 10th to 90th $8 to $72Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $6 to $18
$5$10$20$50$100facility $23professional $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
$8.13
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$20.42
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$11.75
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$17.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$6.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$12.30
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$15.14
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$16.22
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$12.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$10.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$11.22

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 28th of 51

$12.88

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.