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Rapid Stool Test For C. Difficile Toxin

South 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?

$16.98

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.60 from a physician practice, and about $44.67 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$16.60$15.85 to $20.42
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$44.67$31.62 to $75.86

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $45 · 10th to 90th $19 to $107Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $10 to $30
$10$20$50$100facility $45professional $17

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
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$12.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$12.88
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$125.89
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$18.20
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$21.38
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$21.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$19.05
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$19.05
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$6.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$2.57

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 19th of 51

$16.98

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.