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Rapid Virus Culture With Fluorescent Staining

Vermont 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?

$33.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Vermont, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $33.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $33.88 from a physician practice, and about $129 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$33.88$33.88 to $33.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$129$32.36 to $151

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $129 · 10th to 90th $7 to $347Professionalmedian $34 · 10th to 90th $16 to $34
$10$20$50$100$200facility $129professional $34

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$346.74
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$23.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$33.88
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$19.50
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$6.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$6.92
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$52.48

Where Vermont 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.

Vermont· 1st of 51

$33.88

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.