Testing Antibiotic Sensitivity on Cultured Isolates

The lab analyst performs the technical steps to evaluate a culture isolate’s susceptibility, or sensitivity, to up to 12 specific antimicrobial agents, commonly called antibiotics, by placing disks containing each agent on an agar plate inoculated with the culture isolate. Choose a location to see hospital-reported price summaries. This page does not show national, sample, or aggregate pricing.