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Rapid Stool Test For C. Difficile Toxin

Arizona 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?

$12.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.51 from a physician practice, and about $31.62 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$8.51$6.92 to $10.72
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$31.62$13.49 to $46.77

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $32 · 10th to 90th $10 to $72Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $7 to $17
$10$20$50facility $32professional $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
$12.30
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$10.72
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$61.66
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$19.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$44.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$23.99
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$75.86
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$12.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$15.85
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
$5.37
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$5.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$2.14

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 34th of 51

$12.88

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.