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Toxin Detection Test Using Cell Culture

Virginia 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?

$18.62

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.79 from a physician practice, and about $23.44 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 8 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$13.18 to $18.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$23.44$19.95 to $48.98

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $23 · 10th to 90th $16 to $98Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $10 to $32
$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $23professional $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
$14.13
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$25.12
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$79.43
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$14.45
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$34.67
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$29.51
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$38.90
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$31.62
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$41.69
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$10,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$33.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$16.22

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia $18.62 · 33rd 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.