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Toxin Detection Test Using Cell Culture

Connecticut 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?

$18.62

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.62 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $11.75 to $27.54.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28 · 10th to 90th $20 to $51Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $10 to $28
$10$20$50$100facility $28professional $13

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$18.20
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$48.98
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$27.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$32.36
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$28.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$34.67
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
$7.94
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$8.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$3.55

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 30th of 51

$18.62

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.