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Test For Candida Yeast Infection (Genetic Method)

Michigan 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 Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $21.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.05 from a physician practice, and about $27.54 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 8 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$19.05$16.60 to $23.99
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$27.54$19.05 to $51.29

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28 · 10th to 90th $17 to $74Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $15 to $46
$10$20$50$100facility $28professional $19

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
$16.98
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$52.48
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.00
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$39.81
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$19.95
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$30.20
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$34.67
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$35.48
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$44.67
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$95.50

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 35th 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.