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Candida Species Identification Test

Texas 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?

$110

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $110 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $93.33 from a physician practice, and about $170 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 9 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$93.33$85.11 to $115
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$170$110 to $269

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $170 · 10th to 90th $89 to $603Professionalmedian $93 · 10th to 90th $78 to $141
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $170professional $93

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
$89.13
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$120.23
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$208.93
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$218.78
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$177.83
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$398.11
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$141.25
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$190.55

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 43rd of 51

$110

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.