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Toxin Detection Test Using Cell Culture

Oregon 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?

$23.44

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $23.44 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $21.88 from a physician practice, and about $28.84 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$21.88$17.78 to $27.54
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$28.84$19.95 to $39.81

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $29 · 10th to 90th $20 to $69Professionalmedian $22 · 10th to 90th $8 to $40
$10$20$50facility $29professional $22

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
$33.11
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$23.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$81.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$35.48
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$57.54
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$87.10
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$34.67
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$39.81
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$79.43
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$79.43
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$87.10
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$25.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$31.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$23.44

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 13th of 51

$23.44

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.