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Antibiotic Effectiveness Panel For Bacteria

Minnesota 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?

$22.39

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $22.39 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.59 from a physician practice, and about $51.29 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$12.59$8.71 to $57.54
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$51.29$25.12 to $72.44

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $51 · 10th to 90th $9 to $89Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $7 to $85
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $51professional $13

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
$30.90
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$123.03
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$51.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$81.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$16.60
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$63.10
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$16.60
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$109.65
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$44.67
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$19.05

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 13th of 51

$22.39

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.