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Rapid Virus Culture With Fluorescent Staining

Arkansas 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?

$23.44

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $23.44 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.22 from a physician practice, and about $30.20 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 4 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$16.22$14.79 to $30.20
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$30.20$22.39 to $33.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $30 · 10th to 90th $22 to $49Professionalmedian $16 · 10th to 90th $14 to $41
$10$20$50facility $30professional $16

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
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$40.74
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$30.90
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$29.51
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$52.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$22.39
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$29.51

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 16th of 51

$23.44

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.