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Rapid Stool Test For C. Difficile Toxin

Missouri 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?

$16.60

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.60 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.49 from a physician practice, and about $21.38 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$15.49$9.77 to $24.55
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$21.38$15.85 to $27.54

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $21 · 10th to 90th $14 to $39Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $6 to $31
$10$20$50$100$200facility $21professional $15

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
$13.49
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$30.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$56.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$33.88
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$31.62
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$75.86
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$17.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$19.05
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$19.05

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 18th of 51

$16.60

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.