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Fungal Culture of a Blood Sample

New York 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 York, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.38 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.30 from a physician practice, and about $30.90 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 9 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$12.30$6.76 to $18.20
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$30.90$20.42 to $46.77

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $31 · 10th to 90th $12 to $56Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $7 to $30
$10$20$50$100facility $31professional $12

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
$14.45
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$20.42
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$53.70
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$30.90
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$97.72
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$45.71
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$39.81
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$11.48
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$21.38
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$257.04
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$41.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$25.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$45.71
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$23.44
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$28.84

Where New York 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 York· 36th 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.