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Antibiotic Sensitivity Test for a Single Drug

Missouri 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?

$7.76

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.76 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.46 from a physician practice, and about $12.88 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$6.46$3.98 to $10.96
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12.88$8.71 to $23.44

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $6 to $309Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $3 to $12
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $13professional $6

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
$5.62
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$15.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$6.46
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$30.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$13.80
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$25.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$37.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$13.80
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$309.03
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$8.32
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$6.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$8.91
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
$2.82
Median
$2.88
Typical High
$3.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.12
Median
$1.12
Typical High
$1.51

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 15th of 51

$7.76

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.