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Yeast Identification From A Culture

Iowa 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?

$19.50

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.50 from a physician practice, and about $24.55 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$19.50$12.02 to $63.10
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$24.55$12.59 to $33.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $25 · 10th to 90th $10 to $85Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $8 to $68
$10$20$50$100facility $25professional $19

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
$10.23
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$25.12
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$56.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$32.36
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$26.92
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$44.67
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$12.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$26.30
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.23

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 9th of 51

$19.50

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.