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Rapid Virus Culture With Fluorescent Staining

Washington, DC 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?

$14.79

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.79 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.79 from a physician practice, and about $35.48 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$14.79$14.79 to $14.79
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$35.48$14.79 to $72.44

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $35 · 10th to 90th $4 to $155Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $15 to $68
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $35professional $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
$4.37
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$14.79
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$154.88
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$39.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$23.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$33.11

Where Washington, DC 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.

Washington, DC· 51st of 51

$14.79

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.