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C. Diff Toxin Stool Test

Arizona 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?

$13.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.96 from a physician practice, and about $41.69 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$10.96$9.55 to $16.60
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$41.69$18.20 to $53.70

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $42 · 10th to 90th $11 to $62Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $8 to $71
$10$20$50$100facility $42professional $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
$18.20
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$70.79
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.32
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$54.95
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$48.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$38.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$18.20
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$72.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$10.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$14.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$16.60

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 23rd of 51

$13.18

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.