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Fungal Culture of a Blood Sample

Rhode Island 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?

$15.49

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.49 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.23 from a physician practice, and about $26.92 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 4 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$10.23$9.33 to $15.49
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$26.92$23.44 to $57.54

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $27 · 10th to 90th $15 to $59Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $8 to $19
$10$20$50$100facility $27professional $10

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
$14.79
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$18.20
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$26.30
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$15.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$56.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$29.51
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$26.92

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 47th of 51

$15.49

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.