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Rapid Virus Culture With Fluorescent Staining

Nevada 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?

$16.60

Typical negotiated rate. In Nevada, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.60 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.49 from a physician practice, and about $41.69 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$15.49$14.79 to $20.42
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$41.69$18.20 to $105

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $42 · 10th to 90th $15 to $295Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $13 to $23
$10$20$50$100$200facility $42professional $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
$15.14
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$22.39
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$46.77
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$15.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$58.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$28.18
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.06
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$31.62
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$6.76
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$19.50
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$29.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$30.90

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada· 45th of 51

$16.60

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.