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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 October 2026.

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

$10.47

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.47 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.91 from a physician practice, and about $10.47 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$8.91$6.76 to $18.20
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10.47$10.47 to $10.47

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $10 to $13Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $7 to $18
$10$20$50facility $10professional $9

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$18.20
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.47
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery + 31 + 55 · Aftercare only + 99 · Multiple modifiers
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$11.22
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$69.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$15.85
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$9.55
2 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
$6.61
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$9.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$3.72

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.5 times more in Alaska than in Alabama. 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· 51st of 51

$10.47

AK $36.31AL $10.47

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.