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Candida Species Identification Test

Minnesota 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 Minnesota, 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 $380 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$141$129 to $162
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$380$141 to $562

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $380 · 10th to 90th $141 to $1,047Professionalmedian $141 · 10th to 90th $115 to $200
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $380professional $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
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$173.78
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$295.12
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,047.13
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$275.42
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$436.52
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$309.03

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 19th 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.