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Candida Species Identification Test

Arkansas rates for HCPCS 0068U

Identifies which yeast is causing a Candida infection. It detects the genetic material of six species — Candida albicans, glabrata, parapsilosis, krusei, tropicalis and auris — and reports each one individually.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Candida Species Identification Test cost?

$123

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $123 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $120 from a physician practice, and about $178 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$120$95.50 to $138
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$178$162 to $178

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $178 · 10th to 90th $162 to $219Professionalmedian $120 · 10th to 90th $85 to $178
$100$200facility $178professional $120

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$218.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$263.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$162.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$190.55

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 3.5 times more in Alaska than in Nebraska. 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.

Arkansas· 28th of 51

$123

AK $324NE $93.33

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.