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Rapid Virus Culture With Fluorescent Staining

Maine 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?

$19.50

Typical negotiated rate. In Maine, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.50 from a physician practice, and about $31.62 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$19.50$15.85 to $22.39
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$31.62$19.50 to $87.10

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $32 · 10th to 90th $19 to $182Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $11 to $27
$10$20$50$100$200facility $32professional $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
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$23.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$199.53
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$25.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$44.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$28.18
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$23.44
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$131.83
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$29.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$39.81

Where Maine 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.

Maine· 31st of 51

$19.50

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.