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Test For Candida Yeast Infection (Genetic Method)

Missouri 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?

$25.70

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $25.70 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.50 from a physician practice, and about $33.88 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 7 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$19.50$15.49 to $30.20
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$33.88$22.91 to $46.77

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $34 · 10th to 90th $19 to $71Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $10 to $41
$5$20$100$500facility $34professional $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
$17.38
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$39.81
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$19.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$70.79
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$47.86
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$42.66
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$30.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$81.28
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$95.50
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$181.97
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$26.92
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$32.36

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 18th of 51

$25.70

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.