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Multi-Target Digestive Infection Panel Test

Alabama rates for HCPCS 87505

This laboratory test analyzes a stool sample using genetic detection methods to check for several different germs, including bacteria, viruses, or parasites, that can cause a digestive infection, all at once from a single sample. It is used to help quickly identify the cause of ongoing or severe diarrhea and other digestive infection symptoms.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Multi-Target Digestive Infection Panel Test cost?

$148

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $148 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $85.11 from a physician practice, and about $158 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$85.11$53.70 to $148
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$158$158 to $158

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $158 · 10th to 90th $148 to $158Professionalmedian $85 · 10th to 90th $54 to $148
$50$100$200$500facility $158professional $85

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
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$29.51
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery + 31 + 55 · Aftercare only + 99 · Multiple modifiers
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$128.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$85.11

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.3 times more in Alaska than in Delaware. 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.

Alabama· 18th of 51

$148

AK $288DE $87.10

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.