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Toxin Detection Test Using Cell Culture

Kansas 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?

$46.77

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $46.77 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.95 from a physician practice, and about $48.98 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$19.95$11.75 to $30.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$48.98$46.77 to $70.79

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $49 · 10th to 90th $32 to $74Professionalmedian $20 · 10th to 90th $12 to $40
$10$20$50$100facility $49professional $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
$19.95
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$20.89
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$74.13
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$30.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$44.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$52.48
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$53.70
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$37.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$19.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$40.74
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
$8.51
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$10.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$4.17

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 1st of 51

$46.77

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.