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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 October 2026.

How much does Antibiotic Effectiveness Panel For Bacteria cost?

$7.59

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.59 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.76 from a physician practice, and about $15.49 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$6.76$5.25 to $10.00
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.49$7.59 to $19.50

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $6 to $33Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $4 to $12
$5$10$20$50facility $15professional $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
$7.41
Typical High
$13.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$13.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$5.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.29
Median
$1.38
Typical High
$2.09
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$22.91
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$11.75
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$33.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$12.30
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$19.50
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$44.67
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$10.96

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 40th of 51

$7.59

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.