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Rapid Virus Culture With Fluorescent Staining

West Virginia 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?

$16.22

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.22 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.49 from a physician practice, and about $29.51 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 4 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$15.49$14.79 to $16.22
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$29.51$16.22 to $324

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $30 · 10th to 90th $16 to $324Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $12 to $19
$10$20$50$100$200facility $30professional $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
$16.22
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$18.62
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$26.30
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$23.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$58.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$93.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$22.39
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$27.54

Where West Virginia 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.

West Virginia· 46th of 51

$16.22

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.