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Antibiotic Effectiveness Panel For Bacteria

New Mexico 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?

$8.13

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.08 from a physician practice, and about $27.54 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$7.08$5.25 to $10.47
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$27.54$11.22 to $63.10

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28 · 10th to 90th $8 to $79Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $5 to $16
$5$10$20$50$100facility $28professional $7

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
$6.46
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$12.02
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$85.11
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$8.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$5.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$21.38
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$15.85
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$21.38
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
$5.13
Typical High
$5.25

Where New Mexico 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.

New Mexico· 36th of 51

$8.13

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.