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Antibiotic Effectiveness Panel For Bacteria

Missouri 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?

$19.05

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.05 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.48 from a physician practice, and about $39.81 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$11.48$7.59 to $22.39
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$39.81$14.45 to $70.79

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $40 · 10th to 90th $9 to $105Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $5 to $35
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $40professional $11

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
$9.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$47.86
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$8.71
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$30.20
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$22.39
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$18.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$47.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$22.39
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$10.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$11.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$12.02

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 21st of 51

$19.05

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.