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Rapid Virus Culture With Fluorescent Staining

Georgia 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?

$18.62

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.22 from a physician practice, and about $26.30 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$16.22$12.88 to $22.39
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$26.30$19.50 to $36.31

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $26 · 10th to 90th $15 to $65Professionalmedian $16 · 10th to 90th $10 to $35
$10$20$50$100facility $26professional $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
$15.49
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$37.15
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$35.48
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$34.67
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$12.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$60.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$41.69
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$72.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$23.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$29.51

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 33rd of 51

$18.62

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.