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Toxin Detection Test Using Cell Culture

Nevada 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?

$16.60

Typical negotiated rate. In Nevada, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.60 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.85 from a physician practice, and about $33.11 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$15.85$14.79 to $18.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$33.11$16.60 to $77.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $33 · 10th to 90th $15 to $105Professionalmedian $16 · 10th to 90th $13 to $23
$0.2$1.0$5.0$20.0$100.0facility $33professional $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
$15.49
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$22.91
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$47.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$15.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$58.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$28.18
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.18
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$32.36
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$6.76
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$19.95
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$29.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$35.48

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada $16.60 · 45th 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.