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C. Diff Toxin Stool Test

North Carolina 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?

$15.14

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.14 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.22 from a physician practice, and about $33.88 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$11.22$9.55 to $15.14
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$33.88$16.98 to $66.07

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $34 · 10th to 90th $10 to $107Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $10 to $28
$10$20$50$100facility $34professional $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
$33.88
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$33.88
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.32
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$48.98
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.72
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$54.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$18.20
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$44.67
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$22.39
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$10.23
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$20.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$16.22
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 14th of 51

$15.14

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.