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Rapid Stool Test For C. Difficile Toxin

West Virginia 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?

$13.18

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.55 from a physician practice, and about $39.81 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$9.55$7.24 to $23.44
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$39.81$15.49 to $47.86

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $40 · 10th to 90th $13 to $50Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $7 to $32
$10$20$50facility $40professional $10

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.18
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$21.38
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$81.28
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$9.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$32.36

Where West Virginia 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.

West Virginia· 32nd of 51

$13.18

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.