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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 October 2026.

How much does Toxin Detection Test Using Cell Culture cost?

$26.30

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $26.30 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.95 from a physician practice, and about $83.18 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$19.95$19.95 to $35.48
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$83.18$56.23 to $135

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $83 · 10th to 90th $25 to $186Professionalmedian $20 · 10th to 90th $13 to $42
$10$20$50$100$200facility $83professional $20

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
$15.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$15.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$15.85
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$186.21
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$41.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$25.12
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$27.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$30.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$23.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$23.44
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$7.94
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$3.16

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 11th of 51

$26.30

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.