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Toxin Detection Test Using Cell Culture

Louisiana 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?

$23.99

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $23.99 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $21.88 from a physician practice, and about $26.92 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 5 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$21.88$17.78 to $23.99
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$26.92$23.99 to $51.29

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $27 · 10th to 90th $20 to $79Professionalmedian $22 · 10th to 90th $13 to $35
$5.0$10.0$20.0$50.0$100.0facility $27professional $22

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
$20.89
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$35.48
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$74.13
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$38.02
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$22.91
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$27.54

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana $23.99 · 13th 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.