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Rapid Virus Culture With Fluorescent Staining

Missouri 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?

$22.39

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $22.39 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.98 from a physician practice, and about $28.18 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$16.98$11.75 to $26.92
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$28.18$19.50 to $38.02

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28 · 10th to 90th $19 to $91Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $10 to $38
$10$20$50$100$200facility $28professional $17

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
$19.05
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$38.02
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$69.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$39.81
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$40.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$50.12
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$112.20
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$24.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$26.30

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 20th of 51

$22.39

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.