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Yeast Identification From A Culture

South 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?

$29.51

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $29.51 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.32 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$8.32$8.13 to $14.45
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$69.18$25.12 to $151

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $69 · 10th to 90th $9 to $186Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $8 to $200
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $69professional $8

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
$8.13
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$199.53
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$123.03
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$20.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$15.14
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$25.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$12.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$14.45

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 3rd of 51

$29.51

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.