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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 July 2026.

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

$13.49

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.49 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.59 from a physician practice, and about $39.81 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$12.59$12.59 to $13.80
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$39.81$19.05 to $66.07

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $40 · 10th to 90th $13 to $89Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $13 to $18
$10$20$50$100facility $40professional $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
$11.22
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$13.80
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$169.82
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$19.05
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$30.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$19.05
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$19.05

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 38th of 51

$13.49

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.