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Yeast Identification From A Culture

Maine 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 Maine, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.47 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.23 from a physician practice, and about $25.70 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$10.23$8.32 to $12.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.70$10.23 to $74.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $26 · 10th to 90th $10 to $95Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $6 to $13
$5$10$20$50$100facility $26professional $10

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
$25.70
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$12.02
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$104.71
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$13.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$23.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$15.14
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$12.59
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$91.20
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$14.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$20.89

Where Maine 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.

Maine· 37th 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.