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Multi-Target Digestive Infection Panel Test

Kentucky 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?

$166

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $166 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $174 from a physician practice, and about $129 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$174$112 to $178
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$129$107 to $191

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $129 · 10th to 90th $105 to $275Professionalmedian $174 · 10th to 90th $78 to $372
$100$200$500facility $129professional $174

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$190.55
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$134.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$181.97
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$213.80
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
$52.48
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$38.02

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 13th of 51

$166

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.