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Antibiotic Effectiveness Panel For Bacteria

New Hampshire 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 New Hampshire, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.05 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.18 from a physician practice, and about $54.95 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 5 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$13.18$6.61 to $20.89
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$54.95$16.60 to $110

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $55 · 10th to 90th $10 to $138Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $6 to $72
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $55professional $13

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
$87.10
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$104.71
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$50.12
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$16.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$60.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$24.55
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$30.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$25.70

Where New Hampshire 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.

New Hampshire· 20th 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.