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Rapid Virus Culture With Fluorescent Staining

Oregon 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?

$21.38

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $21.38 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $23.44 from a physician practice, and about $19.50 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 8 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$23.44$19.05 to $28.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.50$19.50 to $32.36

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $19 to $44Professionalmedian $23 · 10th to 90th $18 to $38
$10$20$50$100facility $19professional $23

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
$25.70
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$36.31
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$50.12
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$24.55
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$32.36
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$39.81
Pacific Source
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$36.31
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$58.88
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$79.43
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$77.62
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$25.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$29.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$27.54

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 24th of 51

$21.38

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.