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Fungal Culture of a Blood Sample

Illinois 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?

$19.95

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.95 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.85 from a physician practice, and about $37.15 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$15.85$8.51 to $20.42
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$37.15$21.88 to $50.12

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $37 · 10th to 90th $18 to $91Professionalmedian $16 · 10th to 90th $3 to $38
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $37professional $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
$17.78
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$41.69
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$190.55
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$15.85
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$93.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$30.20
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$134.90
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$26.30
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$25.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$40.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$17.78

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 26th of 51

$19.95

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.