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Test For Candida Yeast Infection (Genetic Method)

Delaware 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?

$16.98

Typical negotiated rate. In Delaware, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.49 from a physician practice, and about $60.26 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$15.49$13.49 to $23.44
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$60.26$22.91 to $87.10

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $60 · 10th to 90th $23 to $93Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $13 to $60
$20$50$100facility $60professional $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
$22.91
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$60.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$12.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$37.15
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$134.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$31.62

Where Delaware 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.

Delaware· 50th of 51

$16.98

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.