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Viral Culture Identification

Wyoming 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?

$42.66

Typical negotiated rate. In Wyoming, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $42.66 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $42.66 from a physician practice, and about $57.54 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$42.66$30.20 to $85.11
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$57.54$47.86 to $69.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $58 · 10th to 90th $42 to $89Professionalmedian $43 · 10th to 90th $30 to $107
$20$50$100$200facility $58professional $43

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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$33.88
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$69.18
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$54.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$46.77

Where Wyoming 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.

Wyoming· 8th of 51

$42.66

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.