go back

Multi-Target Digestive Infection Panel Test

Montana 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?

$174

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $174 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $162 from a physician practice, and about $245 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$162$148 to $363
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$245$174 to $389

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $245 · 10th to 90th $162 to $724Professionalmedian $162 · 10th to 90th $74 to $851
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $245professional $162

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
$125.89
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$933.25
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$81,283.05
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$186.21
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$407.38
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$407.38
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$724.44
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$204.17
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$173.78

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 12th of 51

$174

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.