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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 July 2026.

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

$166

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $166 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $155 from a physician practice, and about $186 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 8 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$155$97.72 to $240
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$186$148 to $302

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $186 · 10th to 90th $129 to $398Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $85 to $646
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $186professional $155

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
$128.82
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$309.03
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$275.42
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$354.81
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$645.65
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$346.74
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 4.0 times more in Alaska than in Vermont. 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· 13th of 51

$166

AK $288VT $72.44

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.