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Fungal Culture of a Blood Sample

Montana 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?

$27.54

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $27.54 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $25.70 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 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$25.70$20.42 to $35.48
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$27.54$25.70 to $39.81

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28 · 10th to 90th $16 to $117Professionalmedian $26 · 10th to 90th $12 to $135
$10$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $28professional $26

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$134.90
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$81,283.05
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$27.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$29.51
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$61.66
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$61.66
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$117.49
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$29.51
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$12.59

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 5th of 51

$27.54

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.