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C. Diff Toxin Gene Test

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 87493

This laboratory test looks for the genetic material of the toxin-producing form of Clostridioides difficile bacteria in a stool sample, using a technique that amplifies small amounts of genetic material so it can be detected. It is used to determine whether a Clostridioides difficile infection is causing diarrhea or colon inflammation.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does C. Diff Toxin Gene Test cost?

$50.12

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $50.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $40.74 from a physician practice, and about $66.07 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$40.74$37.15 to $53.70
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$66.07$45.71 to $102

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $66 · 10th to 90th $40 to $166Professionalmedian $41 · 10th to 90th $22 to $132
$20$50$100$200$500facility $66professional $41

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
$39.81
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$245.47
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$72.44
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$104.71
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$58.88
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$74.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$44.67
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$66.07

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 4.7 times more in West Virginia than in Oklahoma. 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.

Louisiana· 21st of 51

$50.12

WV $166OK $35.48

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.