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Test For Candida Yeast Infection (Genetic Method)

Washington, DC 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?

$15.49

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.49 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.14 from a physician practice, and about $74.13 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$15.14$15.14 to $16.22
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$74.13$36.31 to $135

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $74 · 10th to 90th $15 to $170Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $15 to $69
$10$20$50$100$200facility $74professional $15

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
$15.14
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.49
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$75.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$91.20
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$40.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$61.66
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$95.50

Where Washington, DC 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.

Washington, DC· 51st of 51

$15.49

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.