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Toxin Detection Test Using Cell Culture

Illinois 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 Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.78 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.49 from a physician practice, and about $33.88 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 6 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$15.49$13.49 to $19.95
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$33.88$20.89 to $44.67

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $34 · 10th to 90th $17 to $107Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $3 to $41
$5.0$10.0$20.0$50.0$100.0$200.0facility $34professional $15

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
$16.22
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$40.74
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$204.17
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$15.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$36.31
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$204.17
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$13.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$39.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$19.95

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois $17.78 · 36th 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.