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Fungal Culture of a Blood Sample

Kentucky 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?

$16.22

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.22 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.14 from a physician practice, and about $25.12 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$15.14$7.59 to $17.38
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.12$18.62 to $48.98

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $25 · 10th to 90th $17 to $71Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $8 to $28
$5$10$20$50$100facility $25professional $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
$16.60
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$40.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$21.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$12.59
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$28.84
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$40.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$43.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$30.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$20.42

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 44th of 51

$16.22

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.