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Toxin Detection Test Using Cell Culture

Nebraska 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?

$29.51

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $29.51 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.22 from a physician practice, and about $57.54 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$16.22$12.88 to $47.86
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$57.54$28.18 to $162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $58 · 10th to 90th $13 to $240Professionalmedian $16 · 10th to 90th $12 to $129
$10.0$20.0$50.0$100.0$200.0facility $58professional $16

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
$46.77
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$128.82
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$141.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$32.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$47.86
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$141.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$21.88
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$40.74
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$19.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$39.81

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska $29.51 · 4th 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.