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Rapid Virus Culture With Fluorescent Staining

Oklahoma 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?

$31.62

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $31.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.79 from a physician practice, and about $70.79 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$11.48 to $18.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$70.79$19.50 to $102

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $71 · 10th to 90th $15 to $132Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $8 to $22
$10$20$50$100facility $71professional $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
$14.45
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$18.20
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$131.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$19.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$28.18
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$112.20
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$25.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$25.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$16.98

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 2nd of 51

$31.62

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.