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Rapid Stool Test For C. Difficile Toxin

Alabama 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?

$13.49

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.49 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.49 from a physician practice, and about $14.79 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 4 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$13.49$10.72 to $18.20
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$14.79$11.75 to $18.20

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $10 to $24Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $10 to $18
$10$20facility $15professional $13

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
$15.85
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$18.20
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$15.85
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$11.22
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$42.66
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$15.85
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$16.60

Where Alabama 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.

Alabama· 39th of 51

$13.49

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.