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Candida Species Identification Test

Virginia 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 Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $120 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $100 from a physician practice, and about $151 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$100$19.95 to $120
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$151$141 to $309

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $151 · 10th to 90th $120 to $562Professionalmedian $100 · 10th to 90th $20 to $129
$20$50$100$200$500facility $151professional $100

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
$107.15
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$269.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$575.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$33.11
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$724.44
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$199.53
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$239.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$302.00
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$275.42
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$275.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$162.18

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 33rd 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.