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Toxin Detection Test Using Cell Culture

Oklahoma 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?

$27.54

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $27.54 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.79 from a physician practice, and about $64.57 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 5 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$14.79$11.75 to $18.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$64.57$19.95 to $100

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $65 · 10th to 90th $15 to $132Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $8 to $20
$10$20$50$100facility $65professional $15

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
$14.45
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$18.20
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$131.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$19.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$28.18
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$26.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$25.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$16.98

Where Oklahoma sits

The same service costs 2.4 times more in Hawaii than in Washington, DC. 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.

Oklahoma· 7th of 51

$27.54

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.