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Candida Species Identification Test

Kentucky 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?

$112

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $112 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $85.11 from a physician practice, and about $151 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 6 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 $117
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$151$117 to $339

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $151 · 10th to 90th $117 to $2,138Professionalmedian $85 · 10th to 90th $20 to $151
$100$1K$10Kfacility $151professional $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
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$141.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$151.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$19.95
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$41,686.94
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$141.25

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 41st of 51

$112

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.