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Viral Culture Identification

Kansas rates for HCPCS 87255

This is a laboratory test that attempts to grow a virus from a patient sample in living cells, then identifies it using methods other than watching for the visible changes it causes to those cells. It is one way to confirm a viral infection, though it has largely been supplemented by faster molecular tests in many settings.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Viral Culture Identification cost?

$33.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $33.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $29.51 from a physician practice, and about $74.13 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$29.51$29.51 to $33.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$74.13$39.81 to $81.28

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $74 · 10th to 90th $34 to $93Professionalmedian $30 · 10th to 90th $23 to $48
$20$50$100facility $74professional $30

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
$34.67
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$33.88
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$23.44
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$81.28
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$77.62
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$70.79
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$53.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$40.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$60.26

Where Kansas sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Alaska 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.

Kansas· 28th of 51

$33.88

AK $75.86DC $25.12

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.