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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 October 2026.

How much does Toxin Detection Test Using Cell Culture cost?

$22.39

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $22.39 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.95 from a physician practice, and about $22.91 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$19.95$13.80 to $30.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$22.91$22.39 to $30.90

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $23 · 10th to 90th $22 to $31Professionalmedian $20 · 10th to 90th $9 to $33
$10$20$50facility $23professional $20

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
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$15.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$6.17
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$30.90
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$28.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$19.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$33.11

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 17th of 51

$22.39

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.