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Rapid Virus Culture With Fluorescent Staining

Maryland 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?

$16.22

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.22 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.79 from a physician practice, and about $63.10 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$14.79$14.13 to $23.99
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$63.10$22.39 to $83.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $63 · 10th to 90th $14 to $83Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $12 to $76
$10$20$50$100facility $63professional $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
$14.45
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$75.86
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$25.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$25.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$47.86
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$29.51
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$29.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$27.54
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$29.51

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 47th of 51

$16.22

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.