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Rapid Virus Culture With Fluorescent Staining

Alaska rates for HCPCS 87254

A laboratory test that grows a virus from a patient sample in a small vial of cells spun in a centrifuge, which drives the virus into the cells faster. A fluorescent stain is then used to identify which virus is present, and each virus looked for is billed separately. It gives an answer sooner than a standard viral culture.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Rapid Virus Culture With Fluorescent Staining cost?

$28.84

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $28.84 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $58.88 from a physician practice, and about $17.78 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 6 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$58.88$36.31 to $66.07
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$17.78$17.78 to $53.70

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $18 · 10th to 90th $18 to $135Professionalmedian $59 · 10th to 90th $19 to $95
$20$50$100$200facility $18professional $59

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
$85.11
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$28.18
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$19.50
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$63.10
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$125.89
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$95.50
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$17.78
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$25.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$151.36

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 2.3 times more in Vermont than in Washington, DC. 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.

Alaska· 7th of 51

$28.84

VT $33.88DC $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.