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Rapid Virus Culture With Fluorescent Staining

Pennsylvania 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?

$23.99

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $23.99 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.22 from a physician practice, and about $51.29 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$16.22$15.49 to $18.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$51.29$26.92 to $85.11

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $51 · 10th to 90th $17 to $89Professionalmedian $16 · 10th to 90th $15 to $34
$10$20$50$100facility $51professional $16

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
$16.60
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$38.02
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$8,511.38
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$18.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$47.86
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$28.18
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$19.50
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$33.88
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$104.71
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$16.98
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$89.13
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$57.54
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$154.88
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$19.50
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$23.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$33.88

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 13th of 51

$23.99

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.