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Yeast Identification From A Culture

Wyoming 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?

$12.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Wyoming, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.88 from a physician practice, and about $7.76 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 4 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$12.88$12.88 to $33.11
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7.76$6.46 to $12.59

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8 · 10th to 90th $6 to $21Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $10 to $33
$5$10$20facility $8professional $13

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$16.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$12.02
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$7.76
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$33.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$20.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$16.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$12.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$14.45

Where Wyoming 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.

Wyoming· 25th of 51

$12.88

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.