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Toxin Detection Test Using Cell Culture

Arkansas 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 July 2026.

How much does Toxin Detection Test Using Cell Culture cost?

$23.99

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $23.99 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.22 from a physician practice, and about $30.90 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 4 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$16.22$15.49 to $30.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$30.90$22.39 to $30.90

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $31 · 10th to 90th $22 to $43Professionalmedian $16 · 10th to 90th $14 to $42
$10.0$20.0$50.0$100.0facility $31professional $16

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
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$41.69
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$30.90
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$52.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$30.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$22.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$33.11

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 2.4 times more in Hawaii than in Washington, DC. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Arkansas $23.99 · 12th of 51
HI $35.48DC $14.79

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.