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Toxin Detection Test Using Cell Culture

Mississippi 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?

$28.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $28.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $20.89 from a physician practice, and about $32.36 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$20.89$13.49 to $28.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$32.36$32.36 to $32.36

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $32 · 10th to 90th $20 to $35Professionalmedian $21 · 10th to 90th $10 to $37
$10$20$50facility $32professional $21

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
$20.89
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$7.94
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$38.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$23.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$40.74

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 8th of 51

$28.18

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.