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Yeast Identification From A Culture

New Hampshire 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?

$19.50

Typical negotiated rate. In New Hampshire, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.02 from a physician practice, and about $38.02 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$12.02$7.59 to $21.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$38.02$19.95 to $61.66

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $38 · 10th to 90th $18 to $105Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $7 to $47
$10$20$50$100facility $38professional $12

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
$14.45
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$46.77
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$58.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$22.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$30.20
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$36.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$30.20

Where New Hampshire 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.

New Hampshire· 8th of 51

$19.50

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.