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Toxin Detection Test Using Cell Culture

Arizona 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?

$17.78

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.78 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.85 from a physician practice, and about $40.74 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 5 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$15.85$13.18 to $17.78
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$40.74$20.89 to $69.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $41 · 10th to 90th $16 to $85Professionalmedian $16 · 10th to 90th $11 to $129
$10.0$20.0$50.0$100.0facility $41professional $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
$23.44
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$128.82
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$93.33
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$81.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$30.20
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$19.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$23.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$19.95

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona $17.78 · 38th 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.