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Rapid Virus Culture With Fluorescent Staining

Hawaii 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?

$30.20

Typical negotiated rate. In Hawaii, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $30.20 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $22.91 to $41.69.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $16 to $23Professionalmedian $35 · 10th to 90th $14 to $49
$10$20$50facility $19professional $35

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
$16.22
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$23.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$23.44
HMSA
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$39.81
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$31.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$38.02
University Health Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$50.12

Where Hawaii 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.

Hawaii· 3rd of 51

$30.20

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.