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Test For Candida Yeast Infection (Genetic Method)

Alaska rates for HCPCS 87480

A sample is tested for genetic material from Candida, a type of yeast that can cause infections, using a technique that directly detects the organism's genetic material. This helps identify a Candida infection using a molecular rather than a culture-based method.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Test For Candida Yeast Infection (Genetic Method) cost?

$39.81

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $39.81 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $33.88 from a physician practice, and about $43.65 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$33.88$23.44 to $60.26
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$43.65$28.84 to $79.43

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $44 · 10th to 90th $20 to $145Professionalmedian $34 · 10th to 90th $19 to $68
$20$50$100$200$500facility $44professional $34

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
$28.84
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$31.62
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$67.61
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$64.57
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$128.82
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$95.50
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$31.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$93.33

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Nebraska than in Washington, DC. 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.

Alaska· 3rd of 51

$39.81

NE $48.98DC $15.49

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.