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Toxin Detection Test Using Cell Culture

South Carolina 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?

$16.98

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.49 from a physician practice, and about $54.95 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$15.49$15.49 to $16.98
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$54.95$26.30 to $93.33

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $55 · 10th to 90th $15 to $155Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $15 to $23
$10.0$20.0$50.0$100.0$200.0facility $55professional $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
$15.49
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$16.98
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$186.21
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$41.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$28.18
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$41.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$23.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$27.54

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina $16.98 · 43rd 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.