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Fungal Culture of a Blood Sample

Virginia 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 Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.38 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.49 from a physician practice, and about $21.88 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$15.49$12.59 to $17.38
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$21.88$20.42 to $50.12

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $22 · 10th to 90th $15 to $102Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $8 to $39
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $22professional $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
$15.49
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$38.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$81.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$13.80
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$63.10
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$23.44
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$30.20
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$17.78
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$20.42
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$42.66
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$10,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$24.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$12.59

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 35th 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.