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Antibiotic Effectiveness Panel For Bacteria

South Dakota 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?

$16.60

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.60 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.00 from a physician practice, and about $63.10 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$10.00$6.03 to $17.38
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$63.10$23.44 to $141

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $63 · 10th to 90th $9 to $331Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $6 to $21
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $63professional $10

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
$7.08
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$11.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$16.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$20.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$12.02
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$10.47
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$8.71

Where South Dakota 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.

South Dakota· 8th of 51

$16.60

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.