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Antibiotic Effectiveness Panel For Bacteria

Tennessee 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?

$9.33

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.33 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.41 from a physician practice, and about $52.48 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 6 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$7.41$6.46 to $9.33
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$52.48$24.55 to $91.20

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $52 · 10th to 90th $8 to $107Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $6 to $23
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $52professional $7

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
$8.91
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$22.91
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$22.91
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$11.75
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$36.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$13.49
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$100.00
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$19.50
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$8.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$12.02

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 44th of 51

$9.33

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.