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Fungal Culture of a Blood Sample

New Jersey 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?

$17.38

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.38 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.72 from a physician practice, and about $31.62 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$10.72$8.13 to $17.38
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$31.62$17.38 to $97.72

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $32 · 10th to 90th $14 to $148Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $7 to $26
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $32professional $11

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
$17.38
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$25.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$93.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$28.18
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$12.02
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$23,988.33
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$18.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$41.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$16.22

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 32nd of 51

$17.38

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.