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C. Diff Toxin Stool Test

Maine 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 Maine, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.02 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.22 from a physician practice, and about $25.70 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$11.22$9.77 to $12.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.70$12.02 to $53.70

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $26 · 10th to 90th $10 to $107Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $7 to $15
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $26professional $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
$9.77
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$12.02
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$114.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$14.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$16.98
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$14.45
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$60.26
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$20.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$23.44

Where Maine 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.

Maine· 27th 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.