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Rapid Virus Culture With Fluorescent Staining

Idaho 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?

$22.39

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $22.39 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.50 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 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$19.50$18.20 to $34.67
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$35.48$19.50 to $61.66

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $35 · 10th to 90th $19 to $87Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $14 to $38
$10$20$50$100facility $35professional $19

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
$35.48
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$38.02
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$104.71
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$34.67
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$75.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$28.18
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$25.70
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$23.44
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$70.79
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$20.42
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$50.12
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$19.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$32.36

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 22nd of 51

$22.39

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.