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Antibiotic Effectiveness Panel For Bacteria

Nebraska 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?

$16.98

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.75 from a physician practice, and about $37.15 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$5.75$5.25 to $9.55
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$37.15$16.98 to $102

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $37 · 10th to 90th $10 to $132Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $5 to $18
$5$10$20$50$100facility $37professional $6

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
$6.17
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$14.13
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$18.20
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$20.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$138.04
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$33.88
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$15.85
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$5.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$17.38

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 6th of 51

$16.98

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.