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Multi-Target Digestive Infection Panel Test

Louisiana 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 Louisiana, 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 $178 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 6 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$93.33 to $191
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$178$155 to $331

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $178 · 10th to 90th $132 to $468Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $78 to $427
$10.0$20.0$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0Kfacility $178professional $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
$134.90
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$851.14
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$416.87
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$213.80
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$158.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$234.42

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 4.0 times more in Alaska than in Vermont. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Louisiana $166 · 14th of 51
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.