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Fungal Culture of a Blood Sample

Maine 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 Maine, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $20.42 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.60 from a physician practice, and about $33.11 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$16.60$12.59 to $20.42
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$33.11$20.42 to $72.44

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $33 · 10th to 90th $20 to $91Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $9 to $25
$10$20$50$100facility $33professional $17

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
$33.11
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$20.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$91.20
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$13.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$23.44
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$24.55
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$91.20
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$28.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$30.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$31.62

Where Maine 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.

Maine· 15th 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.