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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 July 2026.

How much does Antibiotic Effectiveness Panel For Bacteria cost?

$29.51

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $29.51 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.14 from a physician practice, and about $66.07 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 8 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$15.14$7.41 to $23.44
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$66.07$25.70 to $117

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $66 · 10th to 90th $13 to $182Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $6 to $43
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $66professional $15

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
$19.50
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$57.54
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$21.38
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$77.62
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$14.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$20.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$138.04
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$15.85
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$17.78
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.47
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,120.11
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$8.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$17.38

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 6th of 51

$29.51

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.