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Fungal Culture of a Blood Sample

Ohio 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 Ohio, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $20.42 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.14 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 8 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$15.14$8.91 to $19.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$31.62$21.38 to $58.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $32 · 10th to 90th $19 to $65Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $8 to $35
$10$20$50$100facility $32professional $15

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
$19.50
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$67.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$38.02
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$23.44
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$23.44
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$27.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$30.90
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$87.10
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$26.92
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$25.12
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$40.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$30.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$20.42

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 17th 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.