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Yeast Identification From A Culture

Virginia 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 Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.23 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.76 from a physician practice, and about $18.62 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 8 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$7.76$7.76 to $9.77
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$18.62$10.23 to $48.98

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $10 to $83Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $5 to $27
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $19professional $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
$9.77
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$23.99
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$41.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$7.94
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$47.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$18.20
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$15.14
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$19.95
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$16.60
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$21.88
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$10,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$17.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$10.72

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 40th 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.