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Rapid Virus Culture With Fluorescent Staining

Arizona 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?

$16.98

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.85 from a physician practice, and about $39.81 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 5 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$15.85$13.18 to $15.85
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$39.81$21.38 to $69.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $40 · 10th to 90th $15 to $85Professionalmedian $16 · 10th to 90th $11 to $129
$10$20$50$100facility $40professional $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
$23.44
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$128.82
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$91.20
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$63.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$30.20
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$112.20
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$26.92
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$24.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$26.92

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 44th of 51

$16.98

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.