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Fungal Culture of a Blood Sample

Alaska rates for HCPCS 87103

A laboratory test in which a blood sample is kept in conditions that encourage fungi and yeasts to grow, to find out whether a fungal infection has reached the bloodstream. Anything that grows is then identified so treatment can be directed at it.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Fungal Culture of a Blood Sample cost?

$20.42

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $20.42 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $61.66 from a physician practice, and about $14.79 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$61.66$23.44 to $69.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$14.79$14.79 to $20.42

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $15 to $98Professionalmedian $62 · 10th to 90th $19 to $81
$10$20$50$100$200facility $15professional $62

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
$147.91
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$29.51
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$20.42
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$66.07
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$81.28
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$14.79
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$20.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$30.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$97.72

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 4.9 times more in Oklahoma than in Connecticut. 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.

Alaska· 16th of 51

$20.42

OK $51.29CT $10.47

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.