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Rapid Stool Test For C. Difficile Toxin

Alaska rates for HCPCS 87803

A rapid laboratory test on a stool sample that looks for a toxin produced by Clostridioides difficile, a bacterium that can cause severe diarrhea, often after a course of antibiotics. The result is read visually and is available quickly.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Rapid Stool Test For C. Difficile Toxin cost?

$15.85

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.85 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $47.86 from a physician practice, and about $7.94 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$47.86$23.99 to $53.70
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7.94$7.94 to $15.85

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8 · 10th to 90th $8 to $76Professionalmedian $48 · 10th to 90th $16 to $65
$10$20$50$100facility $8professional $48

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
$69.18
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$22.91
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$15.85
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$51.29
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$77.62
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$7.94
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$15.85
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$81.28

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 2.5 times more in North Dakota than in Connecticut. 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.

Alaska· 26th of 51

$15.85

ND $26.92CT $10.96

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.