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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 October 2026.

How much does Toxin Detection Test Using Cell Culture cost?

$19.95

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.95 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.22 from a physician practice, and about $36.31 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$16.22$11.75 to $22.39
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$36.31$21.88 to $36.31

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $36 · 10th to 90th $19 to $112Professionalmedian $16 · 10th to 90th $9 to $40
$10$20$50$100$200facility $36professional $16

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
$16.22
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$18.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$9.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$3.72
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$19.95
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$23.99
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$27.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$39.81
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$128.82
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$27.54
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$13.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$19.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$54.95
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$19.95

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 23rd of 51

$19.95

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.