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Toxin Detection Test Using Cell Culture

Indiana 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?

$14.79

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.79 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.30 from a physician practice, and about $19.95 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$12.30$8.71 to $19.95
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.95$17.78 to $40.74

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $15 to $66Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $9 to $33
$10$50$200$1Kfacility $20professional $12

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
$33.11
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$151.36
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$11.75
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$58.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$27.54
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$53.70
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$2,187.76
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$18.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$23.99
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
$7.41
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$30.90

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 50th of 51

$14.79

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.