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Yeast Identification From A Culture

Washington, DC 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?

$18.62

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.76 from a physician practice, and about $43.65 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 5 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$7.76$7.76 to $7.76
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$43.65$18.62 to $72.44

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $44 · 10th to 90th $8 to $91Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $8 to $36
$5$10$20$50$100facility $44professional $8

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
$7.76
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$7.76
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$81.28
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$20.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$57.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$17.78

Where Washington, DC 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.

Washington, DC· 10th of 51

$18.62

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.