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Test For Candida Yeast Infection (Genetic Method)

Arizona 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?

$21.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $21.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.95 from a physician practice, and about $41.69 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$19.95$14.79 to $23.99
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$41.69$28.84 to $79.43

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $42 · 10th to 90th $19 to $87Professionalmedian $20 · 10th to 90th $13 to $85
$10$20$50$100facility $42professional $20

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
$61.66
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$85.11
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$93.33
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$33.88
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$50.12
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$181.97
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$25.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$28.18

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 37th of 51

$21.88

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.