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Rapid Stool Test For C. Difficile Toxin

North Carolina 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?

$12.88

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.47 from a physician practice, and about $16.60 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$10.47$7.94 to $14.45
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$16.60$12.88 to $33.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $11 to $72Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $8 to $19
$10$20$50$100facility $17professional $10

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
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$12.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$6.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$2.57
Typical High
$2.57
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$51.29
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$14.45
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$20.42
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$20.89
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$23.99
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$36.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$16.60

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 35th of 51

$12.88

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.