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Rapid Virus Culture With Fluorescent Staining

Ohio 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?

$18.62

Typical negotiated rate. In Ohio, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.49 from a physician practice, and about $30.20 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 9 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$11.22 to $19.05
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$30.20$19.50 to $46.77

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $30 · 10th to 90th $15 to $65Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $10 to $46
$10$20$50$100$200facility $30professional $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
$15.85
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$64.57
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$9.77
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$36.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$24.55
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$22.39
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$26.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$37.15
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$109.65
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$26.92
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$23.99
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$38.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$29.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$27.54

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 35th of 51

$18.62

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.