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Multi-Target Digestive Infection Panel Test

Colorado 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?

$170

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $170 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $129 from a physician practice, and about $372 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$129$83.18 to $166
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$372$234 to $447

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $372 · 10th to 90th $98 to $589Professionalmedian $129 · 10th to 90th $62 to $263
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $372professional $129

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
$97.72
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$162.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$588.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$194.98
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$229.09
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$331.13
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$269.15
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$95.50
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
$47.86
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$26.92

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 12th of 51

$170

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.