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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 October 2026.

How much does Rapid Virus Culture With Fluorescent Staining cost?

$16.98

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.80 from a physician practice, and about $36.31 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$13.80$9.55 to $23.44
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$36.31$25.70 to $66.07

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $36 · 10th to 90th $19 to $112Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $7 to $33
$10$20$50$100facility $36professional $14

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$20.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$91.20
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$35.48
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$60.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$41.69
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$112.20
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$25.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$17.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$26.30
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$11.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$4.47

Where Missouri sits

The same service costs 4.4 times more in Kansas than in Alabama. 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· 33rd of 51

$16.98

KS $45.71AL $10.47

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.