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Fungal Culture of a Blood Sample

Utah 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?

$19.05

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.05 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.22 from a physician practice, and about $61.66 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 6 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$16.22$12.59 to $19.05
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$61.66$38.02 to $141

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $62 · 10th to 90th $11 to $170Professionalmedian $16 · 10th to 90th $11 to $23
$10$20$50$100$200facility $62professional $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
$11.48
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$23.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$56.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$29.51
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$83.18
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$18.20
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$14.45
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$26.30
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$22.39
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$13.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$12.59

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 30th of 51

$19.05

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.