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Yeast Identification From A Culture

Michigan 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?

$10.23

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.23 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.77 from a physician practice, and about $15.14 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$9.77$8.51 to $12.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.14$9.77 to $30.90

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $10 to $59Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $8 to $14
$5$10$20$50facility $15professional $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
$9.77
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$12.30
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$20.42
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$7.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$15.14
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$18.20
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$19.50
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$14.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$12.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$13.49

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 48th of 51

$10.23

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.