Microbe susceptibility testing (MIC) at UPMC Presbyterian

Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.

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Generated: October 20, 2026

Original text from hospital filings

ANTIM SUS NOCAR SPEC&AER ACTI

Pittsburgh, PA

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UPMC Presbyterian’s median price of $67 is 285% above the median hospital's median price ($17), higher than 80% of the 2,692 hospitals reporting CPT 87186. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.

Payers reporting CPT 87186 at UPMC Presbyterian

Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 8 payers, 22 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.

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1	Amerihealth Caritas medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$9	$9	—	—	—	$9 – $9
2	Cigna medicare transplant facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$9	$9	—	—	—	$9 – $9
3	Highmark medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$9	$9	—	—	—	$9 – $9
4	UnitedHealthcare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$9	$9	—	—	—	$9 – $9
5	Aetna medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$10	$10	—	—	—	$10 – $10
6	UnitedHealthcare pa chip/pa medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$10	$10	—	—	—	$10 – $10
7	MultiPlan worker's compensation facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$10	$10	—	—	—	$10 – $10
8	Aetna chip/medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$10	$10	—	—	—	$10 – $10
9	Highmark medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$12	$12	—	—	—	$12 – $12
10	Amerihealth Caritas community healthchoices (chc)/medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$13	$13	—	—	—	$13 – $13
11	Highmark medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$17	$17	—	—	—	$17 – $17
12	Highmark managed care - social mission facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$28	$28	—	—	—	$28 – $28
13	Highmark managed care facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$38	$38	—	—	—	$38 – $38
14	Highmark commercial - social mission indemnity facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$44	$44	—	—	—	$44 – $44
15	Highmark commercial - indemnity facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$59	$59	—	—	—	$59 – $59
16	Highmark upmc emergent facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$75	$75	—	—	—	$75 – $75
17	First Health commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges	$103	$103	—	—	—	$103 – $103
18	First Health commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$103	$103	—	—	—	$103 – $103
19	MultiPlan ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges	$118	$118	—	—	—	$118 – $118
20	MultiPlan ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$118	$118	—	—	—	$118 – $118
21	Humana commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges	$125	$125	—	—	—	$125 – $125
22	Humana commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$125	$125	—	—	—	$125 – $125

Last updated: Mar 6, 2026

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