Lab tests CPT 87493 Outpatient

C. diff test cost in Kalispell, MT

In Kalispell, MT, 1 hospital lists a cash price for C. difficile toxin gene test (stool PCR): from $246.02 to $246.02, with a median of $246.02. Across Montana, the median is $176.00 at 15 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 87493, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$246.02Logan Health Medical Center
Median$246.02half pay less
Highest$246.02in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Kalispell, MT.

median
Lowest $238.06Highest $246.02
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Logan Health Medical Center lowest Kalispell, MT · (406) 752-5111 MLDX-C.DIFF TOXIGENIC, PROBE. $246.02 $378.50 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Logan Health Medical Center both sides Kalispell, MT · (406) 752-5111 MLDX-C.DIFF 027-NAP1-BI, PROBE $238.06 $366.25 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $246.02, median $246.02, highest $246.02.

Both sides : lowest $238.06, median $238.06, highest $238.06.

The two groups are not comparable and are not averaged together: a price for both sides of the body covers twice the work. Merging them is how a single published "median" ends up far above what one side actually costs.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $246.02. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

What it is

This stool test looks for the toxin gene of Clostridioides difficile, a cause of severe diarrhea, often after antibiotics or a hospital stay.

What the price covers

The price usually covers running the stool test; the collection kit is often included.