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Yeast Identification From A Culture

North Dakota 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?

$20.89

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $20.89 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $20.89 from a physician practice, and about $69.18 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$20.89$12.02 to $70.79
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$69.18$9.77 to $69.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $69 · 10th to 90th $7 to $69Professionalmedian $21 · 10th to 90th $7 to $72
$10$20$50$100facility $69professional $21

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
$7.24
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$151.36
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$23.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$15.14
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$33.88
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$20.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$16.98

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 7th of 51

$20.89

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.