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Toxin Detection Test Using Cell Culture

Iowa 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?

$23.44

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $23.44 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.95 from a physician practice, and about $35.48 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$19.95$15.49 to $40.74
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$35.48$23.44 to $52.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $35 · 10th to 90th $20 to $62Professionalmedian $20 · 10th to 90th $12 to $51
$10$20$50$100facility $35professional $20

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
$15.49
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$23.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$61.66
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$134.90
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$61.66
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$51.29
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$26.30
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$50.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$27.54
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$19.95

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 12th of 51

$23.44

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.