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C. Diff Toxin Stool Test

Minnesota 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 October 2026.

How much does C. Diff Toxin Stool Test cost?

$12.02

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.02 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.02 from a physician practice, and about $19.50 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$12.02$9.77 to $14.45
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.50$11.22 to $46.77

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $11 to $98Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $8 to $23
$10$20$50$100facility $19professional $12

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$11.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$14.45
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$70.79
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$12.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$22.91
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$87.10
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$22.91
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$125.89
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$25.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$14.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$28.18
4 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$5.62
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$2.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$7.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$2.88

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 3.9 times more in Kansas than in New Jersey. 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.

Minnesota· 23rd of 51

$12.02

KS $33.11NJ $8.51

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.