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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 October 2026.

How much does Toxin Detection Test Using Cell Culture cost?

$16.60

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.60 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.75 from a physician practice, and about $38.90 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$11.75$10.47 to $15.14
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$38.90$19.05 to $58.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $39 · 10th to 90th $13 to $89Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $8 to $21
$10$20$50$100facility $39professional $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
$15.14
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$16.60
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$13.80
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$75.86
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$23.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$54.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$30.20
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$18.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$26.92
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
$6.61
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$6.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$2.63

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 35th of 51

$16.60

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.