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Rapid Virus Culture With Fluorescent Staining

Indiana 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 October 2026.

How much does Rapid Virus Culture With Fluorescent Staining cost?

$15.49

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.49 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.49 from a physician practice, and about $19.50 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$13.49$9.33 to $19.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.50$19.05 to $42.66

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $15 to $66Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $9 to $32
$10$50$200$1Kfacility $19professional $13

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$93.33
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$13.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$58.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$22.91
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$45.71
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$2,187.76
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$17.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$23.44
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$18.62

Where Indiana sits

The same service costs 4.4 times more in Kansas than in Alabama. 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.

Indiana· 45th of 51

$15.49

KS $45.71AL $10.47

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.