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Test For Candida Yeast Infection (Genetic Method)

Louisiana 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?

$27.54

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $27.54 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $26.30 from a physician practice, and about $29.51 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$26.30$21.38 to $40.74
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$29.51$23.99 to $52.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $30 · 10th to 90th $20 to $87Professionalmedian $26 · 10th to 90th $12 to $132
$10$20$50$100facility $30professional $26

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
$21.38
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$131.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$74.13
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$33.88
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$42.66
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$24.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$36.31

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 13th of 51

$27.54

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.