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Toxin Detection Test Using Cell Culture

Missouri 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?

$23.44

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $23.44 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.50 from a physician practice, and about $38.90 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$19.50$11.75 to $40.74
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$38.90$26.30 to $69.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $39 · 10th to 90th $19 to $100Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $10 to $41
$10$20$50$100facility $39professional $19

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
$16.60
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$19.05
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$91.20
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$50.12
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$41.69
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$25.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$17.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$26.30
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
$8.32
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$11.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$4.57

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 14th of 51

$23.44

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.