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Fungal Culture of a Blood Sample

Louisiana 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?

$24.55

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $24.55 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $22.91 from a physician practice, and about $27.54 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$22.91$15.49 to $25.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$27.54$21.88 to $51.29

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28 · 10th to 90th $20 to $68Professionalmedian $23 · 10th to 90th $9 to $28
$5$10$20$50$100facility $28professional $23

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
$21.88
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$41.69
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$48.98
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$23.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$20.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$14.79

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 8th of 51

$24.55

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.