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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 October 2026.

How much does Antibiotic Effectiveness Panel For Bacteria cost?

$10.47

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.47 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.51 from a physician practice, and about $15.14 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$8.51$5.25 to $15.49
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.14$11.22 to $30.90

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $8 to $100Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $4 to $18
$5$10$20$50$100facility $15professional $9

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
$7.41
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$15.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$11.22
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$10.47
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$39.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$21.88
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$48.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$18.20
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$10.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$7.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$11.75
2 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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$5.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.48
Median
$1.48
Typical High
$2.00

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 17th of 51

$10.47

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.