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Toxin Detection Test Using Cell Culture

Florida 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 Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.78 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.98 from a physician practice, and about $51.29 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 8 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$16.98$16.22 to $18.20
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$51.29$21.88 to $81.28

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $51 · 10th to 90th $18 to $123Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $15 to $22
$5.0$10.0$20.0$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0facility $51professional $17

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
$17.78
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$21.88
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$23.44
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$27.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$56.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$39.81
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$154.88
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$27.54
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$12.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$24.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$27.54
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$19.95

Where Florida 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.

Florida $17.78 · 37th 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.