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Yeast Identification From A Culture

New Mexico 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 New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.23 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.33 from a physician practice, and about $33.88 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$9.33$7.76 to $12.30
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$33.88$15.49 to $89.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $34 · 10th to 90th $9 to $105Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $7 to $22
$10$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $34professional $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
$15.49
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$67.61
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$112.20
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$9.77
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$6.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$22.39
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$18.20
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$25.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$15.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$7.76

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 46th 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.