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Yeast Identification From A Culture

Delaware 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?

$11.75

Typical negotiated rate. In Delaware, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11.75 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.51 from a physician practice, and about $11.75 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$8.32 to $14.45
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$11.75$11.75 to $57.54

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12 · 10th to 90th $12 to $100Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $8 to $31
$10$20$50$100facility $12professional $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
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$30.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$6.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$19.05
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$69.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$14.45

Where Delaware 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.

Delaware· 32nd of 51

$11.75

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.