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Candida Species Identification Test

New Jersey 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?

$120

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $120 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $112 from a physician practice, and about $240 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$112$89.13 to $120
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$240$186 to $661

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $240 · 10th to 90th $141 to $1,413Professionalmedian $112 · 10th to 90th $76 to $162
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $240professional $112

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
$181.97
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$309.03
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$25,118.86
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$144.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$151.36

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 29th of 51

$120

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.