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Toxin Detection Test Using Cell Culture

Montana 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?

$28.84

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $28.84 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $26.30 from a physician practice, and about $33.88 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$26.30$17.78 to $28.84
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$33.88$28.84 to $36.31

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $34 · 10th to 90th $26 to $46Professionalmedian $26 · 10th to 90th $8 to $35
$10$20$50$100facility $34professional $26

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91
BCBS Montana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$69.18
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$26.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$58.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$28.84
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$45.71
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$36.31
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$58.88
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$28.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$19.95

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 7th of 51

$28.84

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.