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Toxin Detection Test Using Cell Culture

Wyoming 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?

$27.54

Typical negotiated rate. In Wyoming, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $27.54 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $27.54 from a physician practice, and about $24.55 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$27.54$24.55 to $63.10
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$24.55$23.99 to $29.51

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $25 · 10th to 90th $20 to $40Professionalmedian $28 · 10th to 90th $13 to $63
$10$20$50facility $25professional $28

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$19.95
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$29.51
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$63.10
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$43.65
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$12.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$28.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$27.54

Where Wyoming 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.

Wyoming· 10th of 51

$27.54

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.