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Yeast Identification From A Culture

Louisiana 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?

$12.59

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.59 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.48 from a physician practice, and about $14.13 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 5 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$11.48$9.55 to $12.59
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$14.13$12.59 to $26.92

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14 · 10th to 90th $11 to $42Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $7 to $16
$5$10$20$50facility $14professional $11

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
$14.13
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$18.62
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$38.02
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$19.50
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$63.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$12.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$12.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$14.45

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 26th of 51

$12.59

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.