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Yeast Identification From A Culture

North Carolina 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?

$14.45

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.45 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.12 from a physician practice, and about $31.62 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 7 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$9.12$8.32 to $15.49
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$31.62$10.23 to $85.11

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $32 · 10th to 90th $9 to $98Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $7 to $30
$10$20$50$100facility $32professional $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
$8.51
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$29.51
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$33.11
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$45.71
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$9.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$15.85
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$39.81
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$20.42
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$17.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$19.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$14.45
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$100.00

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 14th of 51

$14.45

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.