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Antibiotic Effectiveness Panel For Bacteria

Montana 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?

$11.48

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11.48 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.48 from a physician practice, and about $67.61 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$11.48$7.76 to $11.48
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$67.61$12.30 to $110

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $68 · 10th to 90th $11 to $178Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $7 to $28
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $68professional $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
$53.70
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$40.74
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$46,773.51
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$11.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$48.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$12.59
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$26.92
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$26.92
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$48.98
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$12.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$8.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$12.02

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 34th of 51

$11.48

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.