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Candida Species Identification Test

Massachusetts 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?

$141

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $141 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $141 from a physician practice, and about $245 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 7 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$141$107 to $141
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$245$141 to $417

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $245 · 10th to 90th $100 to $457Professionalmedian $141 · 10th to 90th $85 to $240
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $245professional $141

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
$100.00
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$114.82
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$218.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$9,772.37
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$239.88
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$257.04
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$323.59

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 21st of 51

$141

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.