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Rapid Virus Culture With Fluorescent Staining

Illinois 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?

$19.05

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.05 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.14 from a physician practice, and about $31.62 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$15.14$12.02 to $19.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$31.62$20.42 to $42.66

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $32 · 10th to 90th $17 to $71Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $3 to $40
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $32professional $15

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
$16.98
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$41.69
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$9.77
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$204.17
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$15.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$34.67
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$151.36
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$13.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$38.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$27.54

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 32nd of 51

$19.05

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.