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Rapid Virus Culture With Fluorescent Staining

Montana 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?

$26.30

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $26.30 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $26.30 from a physician practice, and about $29.51 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$26.30$22.39 to $31.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$29.51$24.55 to $58.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $30 · 10th to 90th $25 to $112Professionalmedian $26 · 10th to 90th $19 to $129
$10$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $30professional $26

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$128.82
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$81,283.05
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$26.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$28.18
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$60.26
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$60.26
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$112.20
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$28.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$19.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$27.54

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 9th of 51

$26.30

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.