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Yeast Identification From A Culture

Arkansas 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?

$12.02

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.02 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.51 from a physician practice, and about $16.22 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 4 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$8.51$7.76 to $16.22
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$16.22$11.75 to $16.98

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $16 · 10th to 90th $12 to $20Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $7 to $17
$5$10$20$50$100facility $16professional $9

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
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$16.98
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$16.22
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$17.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$27.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$16.22
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$14.45

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 29th of 51

$12.02

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.