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Toxin Detection Test Using Cell Culture

Alaska rates for HCPCS 87230

This laboratory test checks a sample for the presence of a toxin, such as the toxin produced by Clostridioides difficile bacteria, by exposing living cells in a culture to the sample and observing the effect. It is one way to confirm certain toxin-producing infections.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Toxin Detection Test Using Cell Culture cost?

$44.67

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $44.67 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $44.67 from a physician practice, and about $75.86 from a hospital or other facility.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$44.67$27.54 to $58.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$75.86$54.95 to $138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $76 · 10th to 90th $20 to $229Professionalmedian $45 · 10th to 90th $20 to $98
$20$50$100$200facility $76professional $45

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$28.18
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$229.09
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$141.25
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$128.82
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$95.50
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$25.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$134.90

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 4.5 times more in Kansas than in Alabama. 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.

Alaska· 2nd of 51

$44.67

KS $46.77AL $10.47

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.