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Rapid Virus Culture With Fluorescent Staining

New Mexico 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?

$23.44

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $23.44 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.79 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$14.79$14.79 to $23.44
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$63.10$29.51 to $158

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $63 · 10th to 90th $18 to $200Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $11 to $129
$10$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $63professional $15

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
$29.51
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$128.82
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$208.93
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$18.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$12.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$42.66
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$33.88
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$47.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$29.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$13.18

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 14th of 51

$23.44

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.