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Multi-Target Digestive Infection Panel Test

Iowa 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?

$155

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $155 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $132 from a physician practice, and about $174 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$132$85.11 to $263
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$174$129 to $295

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $174 · 10th to 90th $95 to $355Professionalmedian $132 · 10th to 90th $78 to $646
$100$200$500facility $174professional $132

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
$100.00
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$354.81
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$316.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$354.81
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$645.65
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$309.03
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
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
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$30.90

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 16th of 51

$155

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.