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Rapid Virus Culture With Fluorescent Staining

Massachusetts 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?

$22.91

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $22.91 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.50 from a physician practice, and about $47.86 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 9 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$18.62 to $29.51
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$47.86$26.92 to $58.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $48 · 10th to 90th $19 to $95Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $17 to $59
$10$50$200$1Kfacility $48professional $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
$18.62
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$87.10
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$112.20
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$47.86
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$69.18
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$25.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$51.29
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$7,079.46
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$33.11
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$58.88
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$48.98
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$112.20
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$47.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$28.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$50.12

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 19th of 51

$22.91

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.