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C. Diff Toxin Stool Test

Iowa 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?

$24.55

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $24.55 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $21.88 from a physician practice, and about $28.18 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$21.88$10.72 to $67.61
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$28.18$17.78 to $85.11

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28 · 10th to 90th $12 to $275Professionalmedian $22 · 10th to 90th $8 to $72
$5$20$100$500facility $28professional $22

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
$28.18
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$28.18
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$91.20
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$58.88
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$31.62
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$165.96
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$14.79
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$27.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$30.20
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 4th of 51

$24.55

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.