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Rapid Stool Test For C. Difficile Toxin

Colorado 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?

$16.98

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.30 from a physician practice, and about $46.77 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$12.30$10.72 to $15.85
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$46.77$28.84 to $54.95

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $47 · 10th to 90th $12 to $72Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $7 to $30
$10$20$50$100facility $47professional $12

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
$16.22
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$15.85
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$72.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$33.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$48.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$22.91
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$24.55
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$61.66
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$33.88
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$15.85
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.05
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$11.75
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
$5.89
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$7.94
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$3.24

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 18th of 51

$16.98

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.