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Yeast Identification From A Culture

Georgia 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?

$10.47

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.47 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.91 from a physician practice, and about $15.85 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 7 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$8.91$6.92 to $14.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.85$11.48 to $26.30

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $16 · 10th to 90th $8 to $98Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $5 to $23
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $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
$9.33
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$22.91
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$14.79
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$18.62
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$20.89
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$7.94
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$31.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$21.88
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$38.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$12.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$14.45

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 39th of 51

$10.47

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.