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Yeast Identification From A Culture

Illinois 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?

$14.45

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.45 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.71 from a physician practice, and about $21.88 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$8.71$7.94 to $14.45
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$21.88$14.79 to $56.23

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $22 · 10th to 90th $10 to $100Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $3 to $21
$5$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $22professional $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
$10.23
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$21.38
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$6.31
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$107.15
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$7.94
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$47.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$19.05
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$125.89
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$13.49
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$12.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$20.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$10.23

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 17th of 51

$14.45

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.