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Candida Species Identification Test

Louisiana 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?

$174

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $174 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $158 from a physician practice, and about $195 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$158$85.11 to $178
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$195$162 to $363

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $195 · 10th to 90th $141 to $525Professionalmedian $158 · 10th to 90th $50 to $214
$50$100$200$500facility $195professional $158

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
$151.36
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$354.81
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$57.54
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$141.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$199.53

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 8th of 51

$174

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.