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Fungal Culture of a Blood Sample

Connecticut 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?

$10.47

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.47 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.13 from a physician practice, and about $29.51 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 5 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$8.13$8.13 to $12.30
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$29.51$20.42 to $41.69

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $30 · 10th to 90th $16 to $58Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $8 to $22
$10$20$50facility $30professional $8

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
$29.51
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$21.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$54.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$22.39
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$30.20
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$27.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$35.48

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 51st of 51

$10.47

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.