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Antibiotic Sensitivity Test for a Single Drug

Virginia 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 Virginia, 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 $10.00 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$4.57$3.31 to $5.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10.00$6.61 to $16.60

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $6 to $32Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $9
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $10professional $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
$5.01
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$17.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$6.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$32.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$5.13
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$7.94
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$26.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$9.77
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$9.77
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$12.88
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$13.49
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$13.80
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$10,232.93
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$6.03
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
$3.09
Typical High
$3.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.00
Median
$1.23
Typical High
$1.26

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 45th 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.