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Fungal Culture of a Blood Sample

South Carolina 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?

$16.22

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.22 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.85 from a physician practice, and about $50.12 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$15.85$15.85 to $16.98
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$50.12$20.42 to $87.10

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $50 · 10th to 90th $14 to $132Professionalmedian $16 · 10th to 90th $12 to $21
$10$20$50$100$200facility $50professional $16

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
$50.12
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$17.78
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$147.91
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$28.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$24.55
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$26.92
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$24.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$20.42

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 40th of 51

$16.22

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.