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Candida Species Identification Test

Georgia 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?

$95.50

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $95.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $85.11 from a physician practice, and about $148 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 5 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$85.11$19.95 to $123
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$148$107 to $191

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $148 · 10th to 90th $42 to $263Professionalmedian $85 · 10th to 90th $20 to $141
$20$50$100$200$500facility $148professional $85

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
$95.50
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$138.04
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$190.55
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$208.93
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$141.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$190.55

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 50th of 51

$95.50

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.