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Rapid Virus Culture With Fluorescent Staining

Florida 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?

$17.78

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.78 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.98 from a physician practice, and about $28.84 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 7 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$16.98$16.22 to $18.20
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$28.84$17.78 to $58.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $29 · 10th to 90th $11 to $95Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $13 to $22
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $29professional $17

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
$10.72
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$21.88
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$22.91
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$27.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$38.90
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$23.44
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.45
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$7.94
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$29.51
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$19.50

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 41st of 51

$17.78

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.