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Rapid Virus Culture With Fluorescent Staining

Louisiana 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?

$23.99

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $23.99 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $23.44 from a physician practice, and about $26.92 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 5 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$23.44$18.62 to $25.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$26.92$23.44 to $51.29

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $27 · 10th to 90th $20 to $71Professionalmedian $23 · 10th to 90th $12 to $39
$10$20$50$100facility $27professional $23

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
$26.30
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$39.81
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$72.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$38.90
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$22.39
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$29.51

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 12th of 51

$23.99

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.