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C. Diff Toxin Stool Test

Alabama rates for HCPCS 87324

This laboratory test checks a stool sample for toxins produced by Clostridioides difficile, a bacterium that can cause severe diarrhea and colon inflammation, often after antibiotic use disrupts the normal gut bacteria. A positive result helps confirm this specific infection so it can be treated appropriately.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does C. Diff Toxin Stool Test cost?

$12.02

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.02 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.96 from a physician practice, and about $13.80 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$10.96$10.72 to $13.80
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$13.80$12.02 to $32.36

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14 · 10th to 90th $10 to $200Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $8 to $14
$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $14professional $11

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
$12.02
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$14.45
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.32
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$15.85
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$11.22
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$38.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$42.66
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$14.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$16.60

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 11.0 times more in West Virginia 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.

Alabama· 35th of 51

$12.02

WV $97.72DC $8.91

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.