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Yeast Identification From A Culture

Kansas 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?

$10.96

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.96 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.91 from a physician practice, and about $23.99 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 6 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$8.91 to $10.23
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$23.99$14.13 to $36.31

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $24 · 10th to 90th $10 to $65Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $7 to $17
$5$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $24professional $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
$10.96
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$10.23
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$6.31
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$38.90
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$16.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$23.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$28.18
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$24.55
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$18.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$14.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$18.20

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 35th of 51

$10.96

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.