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Rapid Stool Test For C. Difficile Toxin

Kentucky 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?

$10.96

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.96 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.00 from a physician practice, and about $14.45 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$10.00$9.77 to $16.22
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$14.45$12.88 to $33.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14 · 10th to 90th $10 to $50Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $7 to $19
$10$20$50facility $14professional $10

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$13.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$15.85
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$23.99
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$16.98
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$16.22
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$22.39
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$32.36
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$81.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$19.05
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
$4.79
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$7.94
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$3.24

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 49th of 51

$10.96

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.