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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 July 2026.

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

$15.85

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 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 $26.30 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$13.80$10.00 to $16.22
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$26.30$16.98 to $33.11

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $26 · 10th to 90th $14 to $68Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $3 to $33
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $26professional $14

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$33.11
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$194.98
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$15.85
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$25.12
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$107.15
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$20.89
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$8.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$32.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$16.98

Where Illinois sits

The same service costs 2.5 times more in North Dakota than in Connecticut. 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· 25th of 51

$15.85

ND $26.92CT $10.96

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.