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Rapid Stool Test For C. Difficile Toxin

Ohio 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?

$12.30

Typical negotiated rate. In Ohio, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.30 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.91 from a physician practice, and about $19.95 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$8.91$6.46 to $13.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.95$15.85 to $27.54

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $13 to $47Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $6 to $23
$10$20$50$100facility $20professional $9

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
$15.14
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$11.75
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$15.14
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$29.51
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$18.62
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$18.20
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$21.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$20.89
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$66.07
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$16.98
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$19.05
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$19.05
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$22.39

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 40th of 51

$12.30

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.