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Rapid Virus Culture With Fluorescent Staining

Nebraska 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?

$28.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $28.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.85 from a physician practice, and about $51.29 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$15.85$12.88 to $46.77
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$51.29$26.30 to $162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $51 · 10th to 90th $13 to $234Professionalmedian $16 · 10th to 90th $12 to $129
$10$20$50$100$200facility $51professional $16

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
$38.90
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$128.82
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$141.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$32.36
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$46.77
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$112.20
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$27.54
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$40.74
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$19.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$38.90

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 8th of 51

$28.18

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.