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Fungal Culture of a Blood Sample

Alabama 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?

$17.38

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.38 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.14 from a physician practice, and about $19.95 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 4 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$15.14$13.49 to $23.44
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.95$11.75 to $23.44

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $10 to $35Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $7 to $23
$10$20$50$100facility $20professional $15

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
$20.42
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$23.44
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$15.85
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$9.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$31.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$20.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$12.59

Where Alabama 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.

Alabama· 33rd of 51

$17.38

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.