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C. Diff Toxin Stool Test

North Dakota 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 North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.18 from a physician practice, and about $11.22 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 5 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$13.18$10.72 to $23.99
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$11.22$8.32 to $17.78

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11 · 10th to 90th $8 to $21Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $9 to $36
$10$20$50$100facility $11professional $13

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
$8.32
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$21.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$112.20
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$17.38
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$72.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$20.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$19.50

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 22nd 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.