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Rapid Virus Culture With Fluorescent Staining

Minnesota 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 Minnesota, 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 $52.48 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$18.20 to $22.39
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$52.48$19.50 to $75.86

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $52 · 10th to 90th $19 to $141Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $15 to $28
$20$50$100facility $52professional $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
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$18.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$58.88
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$77.62
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$19.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$38.02
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$141.25
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$37.15
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$112.20
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$41.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$43.65

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 30th 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.