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Fungal Culture of a Blood Sample

Colorado 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 Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $20.42 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.85 from a physician practice, and about $58.88 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 7 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$15.85$15.14 to $17.38
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$58.88$26.92 to $93.33

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $59 · 10th to 90th $15 to $115Professionalmedian $16 · 10th to 90th $9 to $20
$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $59professional $16

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
$15.49
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$19.05
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$102.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$24.55
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$40.74
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$42.66
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$20.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$30.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$15.14

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 22nd 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.