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Rapid Virus Culture With Fluorescent Staining

North Dakota 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?

$29.51

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $29.51 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $18.20 to $39.81.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14 · 10th to 90th $14 to $35Professionalmedian $30 · 10th to 90th $14 to $45
$20$50$100facility $14professional $30

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
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$58.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$44.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$28.18
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$112.20
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$33.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$31.62

Where North Dakota 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.

North Dakota· 6th of 51

$29.51

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.