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Antibiotic Sensitivity Test for a Single Drug

Indiana rates for HCPCS 87188

A laboratory test that checks whether one particular antibiotic can stop the growth of the bacteria found in a patient's sample. It is reported separately for each drug examined, so testing a panel of drugs produces several results.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Antibiotic Sensitivity Test for a Single Drug cost?

$5.37

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.37 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.57 from a physician practice, and about $6.61 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$4.57$3.16 to $6.61
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6.61$6.03 to $15.85

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7 · 10th to 90th $5 to $22Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $12
$5$20$100$500$2Kfacility $7professional $5

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
$5.50
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$64.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$19.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$9.12
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.32
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$22.39
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$18.20
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$2,187.76
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$6.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$7.94
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.00
Median
$1.10
Typical High
$12.88

Where Indiana sits

The same service costs 3.6 times more in Alaska than in Kansas. 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.

Indiana· 44th of 51

$5.37

AK $14.79KS $4.07

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.