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Rapid Stool Test For C. Difficile Toxin

Arkansas 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?

$18.20

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.45 from a physician practice, and about $18.20 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$14.45$7.59 to $19.95
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$18.20$18.20 to $23.44

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $18 · 10th to 90th $14 to $25Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $7 to $21
$10$20$50facility $18professional $14

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
$19.05
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$4.07
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$25.12
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$21.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$32.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$22.39
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$15.85
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$16.98

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 12th of 51

$18.20

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.