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Rapid Stool Test For C. Difficile Toxin

Louisiana 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?

$17.78

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.78 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.45 from a physician practice, and about $28.18 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$14.45$7.08 to $17.78
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$28.18$19.05 to $39.81

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28 · 10th to 90th $16 to $52Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $7 to $21
$10$20$50$100facility $28professional $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
$16.98
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$16.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$20.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$10.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$4.17
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$47.86
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$17.78
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$18.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$15.85
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$16.98

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 17th of 51

$17.78

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.