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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 October 2026.

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

$97.72

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $97.72 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $97.72 from a physician practice, and about $275 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$97.72$83.18 to $135
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$275$107 to $407

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $275 · 10th to 90th $102 to $589Professionalmedian $98 · 10th to 90th $78 to $257
$50$100$200$500facility $275professional $98

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
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$123.03
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$34.67
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$257.04
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$151.36
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$218.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$144.54
3 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
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$24.55
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$177.83

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 46th of 51

$97.72

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.