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Rapid Virus Culture With Fluorescent Staining

New Jersey 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?

$25.12

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $25.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.60 from a physician practice, and about $54.95 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$16.60$15.14 to $22.91
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$54.95$38.02 to $100

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $55 · 10th to 90th $22 to $240Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $13 to $56
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $55professional $17

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
$25.12
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$56.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$54.95
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$21.88
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$23,988.33
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$21.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$39.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$28.84

Where New Jersey 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 Jersey· 10th of 51

$25.12

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.