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Toxin Detection Test Using Cell Culture

Colorado 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?

$20.89

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $20.89 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.14 from a physician practice, and about $57.54 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$15.14$13.49 to $19.95
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$57.54$35.48 to $69.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $58 · 10th to 90th $15 to $91Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $11 to $36
$10$20$50$100facility $58professional $15

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
$19.95
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$19.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$91.20
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$40.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$60.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$28.18
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$39.81
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$77.62
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$41.69
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$19.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$23.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$15.85
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
$7.41
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$10.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$3.98

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 20th of 51

$20.89

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.