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Multi-Target Digestive Infection Panel Test

North Carolina 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?

$155

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $155 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $115 from a physician practice, and about $380 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$115$102 to $162
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$380$170 to $427

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $380 · 10th to 90th $102 to $933Professionalmedian $115 · 10th to 90th $85 to $372
$10$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $380professional $115

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
$102.33
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$933.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$371.54
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$34.67
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$346.74
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$245.47
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$223.87
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$154.88
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$954.99

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 21st of 51

$155

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.