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Candida Species Identification Test

Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $120 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $115 from a physician practice, and about $275 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 8 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$115$85.11 to $120
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$275$174 to $355

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $275 · 10th to 90th $120 to $513Professionalmedian $115 · 10th to 90th $78 to $151
$100$200$500facility $275professional $115

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
$120.23
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$134.90
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$77,624.71
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$204.17
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$269.15
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$512.86
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$416.87
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$354.81
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$158.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$190.55

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 32nd 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.