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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 October 2026.

How much does Antibiotic Effectiveness Panel For Bacteria cost?

$8.91

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.91 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.13 from a physician practice, and about $20.42 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$8.13$6.46 to $10.00
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$20.42$8.71 to $56.23

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $8 to $78Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $6 to $12
$5$10$20$50$100facility $20professional $8

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
$8.13
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$11.22
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$6.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$10.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$4.37
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$6.03
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$16.22
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$6.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$12.30
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$83.18
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$6.46
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$14.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$4.07
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$11.22
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$44.67
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$11.22
3 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
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.62
Median
$1.62
Typical High
$2.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.48
Median
$1.66
Typical High
$1.74
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.62
Median
$1.62
Typical High
$1.62

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 29th of 51

$8.91

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.