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Yeast Identification From A Culture

New Jersey 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?

$13.18

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.33 from a physician practice, and about $36.31 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$9.33$7.94 to $12.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$36.31$19.50 to $64.57

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $36 · 10th to 90th $12 to $129Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $7 to $20
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $36professional $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
$12.59
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$26.92
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$7.24
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$28.18
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$11.75
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$23,988.33
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$11.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$22.39
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$14.79

Where New Jersey 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 Jersey· 22nd of 51

$13.18

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.