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Rapid Virus Culture With Fluorescent Staining

Kansas 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?

$20.89

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $20.89 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.98 from a physician practice, and about $45.71 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 6 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$16.98$15.85 to $19.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$45.71$31.62 to $69.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $46 · 10th to 90th $19 to $72Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $13 to $32
$10$20$50$100$200facility $46professional $17

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
$20.89
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$19.50
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$12.02
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$72.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$44.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$54.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$45.71
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$33.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$27.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$33.11

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 26th of 51

$20.89

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.