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Rapid Virus Culture With Fluorescent Staining

Iowa 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?

$22.91

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $22.91 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $18.20 from a physician practice, and about $30.20 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$18.20$15.14 to $46.77
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$30.20$19.50 to $51.29

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $30 · 10th to 90th $15 to $56Professionalmedian $18 · 10th to 90th $12 to $129
$10$20$50$100facility $30professional $18

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
$15.14
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$46.77
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$95.50
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$52.48
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$48.98
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$25.70
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$43.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$39.81
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$19.50

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 18th of 51

$22.91

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.