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Yeast Identification From A Culture

Minnesota 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 Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.23 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.23 from a physician practice, and about $32.36 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$10.23 to $14.45
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$32.36$10.23 to $69.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $32 · 10th to 90th $10 to $79Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $8 to $69
$10$20$50$100facility $32professional $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
$69.18
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$79.43
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$51.29
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$20.42
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$75.86
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$19.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$77.62
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$64.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$57.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$22.91

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 45th 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.