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Rapid Stool Test For C. Difficile Toxin

Maryland 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?

$12.02

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.02 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $10.00 to $12.88.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $8 to $21Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $7 to $16
$10$20facility $10professional $12

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$12.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$20.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$39.81
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$13.49
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$12.59
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
$6.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$2.40

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 46th of 51

$12.02

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.