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Yeast Identification From A Culture

Utah 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?

$11.75

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11.75 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.77 from a physician practice, and about $70.79 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 6 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$9.77$7.94 to $11.75
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$70.79$57.54 to $91.20

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $71 · 10th to 90th $13 to $100Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $7 to $13
$5$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $71professional $10

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
$20.42
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$13.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$28.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$19.95
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$46.77
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$9.33
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$7.24
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$13.49
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$15.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$14.45

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 33rd of 51

$11.75

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.