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Yeast Identification From A Culture

Alaska rates for HCPCS 87106

This laboratory test identifies the specific type of yeast growing in a sample that was placed in a culture to encourage growth. It is used to confirm a fungal infection and help guide the choice of antifungal treatment.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Yeast Identification From A Culture cost?

$23.44

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $23.44 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $23.44 from a physician practice, and about $9.33 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$23.44$12.02 to $34.67
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$9.33$9.33 to $72.44

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9 · 10th to 90th $9 to $120Professionalmedian $23 · 10th to 90th $10 to $42
$10$20$50$100$200facility $9professional $23

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
$70.79
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$28.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$15.14
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$10.23
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$33.11
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$66.07
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$23.44
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$9.33
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$11.22
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$87.10

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 8.1 times more in South Dakota than in Tennessee. 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.

Alaska· 5th of 51

$23.44

SD $67.61TN $8.32

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.