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Rapid Stool Test For C. Difficile Toxin

New Mexico 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?

$14.13

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.88 from a physician practice, and about $19.05 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 5 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$12.02 to $19.05
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.05$14.45 to $47.86

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $10 to $51Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $7 to $105
$10$20$50$100facility $19professional $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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$104.71
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$26.30
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$20.89
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$12.02

Where New Mexico 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.

New Mexico· 35th of 51

$14.13

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.