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Rapid Virus Culture With Fluorescent Staining

New Hampshire 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 New Hampshire, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $29.51 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.50 from a physician practice, and about $63.10 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 5 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$19.50$12.59 to $36.31
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$63.10$37.15 to $81.28

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $63 · 10th to 90th $28 to $112Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $12 to $74
$10$20$50$100facility $63professional $19

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
$27.54
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$87.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$112.20
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$37.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$56.23
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$69.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$57.54

Where New Hampshire 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.

New Hampshire· 5th 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.