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Viral Culture Identification

Oregon 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?

$37.15

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $37.15 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $33.88 from a physician practice, and about $37.15 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 8 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$30.20 to $45.71
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$37.15$33.88 to $67.61

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $37 · 10th to 90th $34 to $151Professionalmedian $34 · 10th to 90th $25 to $56
$20$50$100$200facility $37professional $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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$52.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$63.10
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$87.10
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$42.66
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$56.23
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$67.61
Pacific Source
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$40.74
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$100.00
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$79.43
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$131.83
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$43.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$46.77

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 22nd of 51

$37.15

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.