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Rapid Stool Test For C. Difficile Toxin

Illinois 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?

$15.85

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.85 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.80 from a physician practice, and about $30.20 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$13.80$4.47 to $15.85
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$30.20$21.38 to $48.98

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $30 · 10th to 90th $18 to $93Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $3 to $24
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $30professional $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
$13.18
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$15.85
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$194.98
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$15.85
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$25.12
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$75.86
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$20.89
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$19.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$16.98
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$23.99
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$9.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$7.94
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$3.24

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 24th of 51

$15.85

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.