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Toxin Detection Test Using Cell Culture

Minnesota 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?

$19.95

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.95 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.95 from a physician practice, and about $52.48 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$19.95$18.62 to $22.91
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$52.48$19.95 to $77.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $52 · 10th to 90th $20 to $145Professionalmedian $20 · 10th to 90th $16 to $29
$10.0$20.0$50.0$100.0$200.0facility $52professional $20

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
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$18.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$58.88
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$77.62
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$19.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$38.02
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$144.54
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$38.02
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$41.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$23.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$43.65

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota $19.95 · 29th 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.