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Fungal Culture of a Blood Sample

Washington 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 Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $20.42 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.05 from a physician practice, and about $30.20 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 9 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$19.05$15.49 to $24.55
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$30.20$20.89 to $46.77

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $30 · 10th to 90th $19 to $85Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $9 to $30
$10$20$50$100$200facility $30professional $19

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
$19.05
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$134.90
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$56.23
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$20.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$52.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$29.51
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$64.57
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$40.74
Pacific Source
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$56.23
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$24.55
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$54.95
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$20.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$20.42
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$37.15

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 18th 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.