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Toxin Detection Test Using Cell Culture

Alabama 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?

$10.47

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.47 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.30 from a physician practice, and about $10.47 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$12.30$10.00 to $22.91
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10.47$10.47 to $10.47

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $10 to $17Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $8 to $23
$10$20$50$100facility $10professional $12

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.80
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.47
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery + 31 + 55 · Aftercare only + 99 · Multiple modifiers
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$14.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$63.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$112.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$19.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$16.22
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$11.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$4.57

Where Alabama 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.

Alabama· 51st of 51

$10.47

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.