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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 July 2026.

How much does Rapid Stool Test For C. Difficile Toxin cost?

$12.88

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.88 from a physician practice, and about $15.49 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$12.88$11.48 to $12.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.49$12.88 to $34.67

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $10 to $54Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $8 to $21
$10$20$50facility $15professional $13

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
$12.88
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$20.89
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$48.98
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$14.45
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$21.38
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$20.89
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$22.39
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$20.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$16.98
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 46th of 51

$12.88

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.