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Rapid Virus Culture With Fluorescent Staining

South Carolina 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?

$15.49

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.49 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.14 from a physician practice, and about $47.86 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$15.14$15.14 to $15.49
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$47.86$17.78 to $77.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $48 · 10th to 90th $15 to $105Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $12 to $20
$10$20$50$100facility $48professional $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
$47.86
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$16.98
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$147.91
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$29.51
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$25.12
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$40.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$23.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$29.51

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 49th of 51

$15.49

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.