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Rapid Virus Culture With Fluorescent Staining

Utah 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?

$18.20

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $17.38 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 6 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$17.38$15.14 to $18.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$70.79$22.39 to $100

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $71 · 10th to 90th $18 to $129Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $14 to $22
$10$20$50$100facility $71professional $17

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
$18.20
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$22.39
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$37.15
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$87.10
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$17.38
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$13.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$25.70
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$29.51
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$12.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$27.54

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 39th of 51

$18.20

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.