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C. Diff Toxin Stool Test

South 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 October 2026.

How much does C. Diff Toxin Stool Test cost?

$15.85

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.85 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.02 from a physician practice, and about $58.88 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$12.02$12.02 to $19.95
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$58.88$25.12 to $91.20

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $59 · 10th to 90th $13 to $120Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $9 to $30
$10$20$50$100facility $59professional $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
$9.33
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$11.22
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$125.89
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$15.49
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$87.10
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$21.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$14.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$16.60
2 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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$4.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.86
Median
$1.86
Typical High
$1.91

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 11th of 51

$15.85

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.