Lab tests CPT 87493 Outpatient

C. diff test cost in Roanoke, VA

In Roanoke, VA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for C. difficile toxin gene test (stool PCR): from $52.50 to $52.50, with a median of $52.50. Across Virginia, the median is $85.20 at 37 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 87493, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$52.50Bon Secours Southampton Memorial Hospital
Median$52.50half pay less
Highest$52.50in 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 Roanoke, VA.

median
Lowest $52.50Highest $94.20

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Bon Secours Southampton Memorial Hospital lowest Franklin, VA · (757) 569-6100 HC Inf Agent Det Nucleic Acid Clostridium Amp Probe $52.50 $175.00 — 70% —
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Bon Secours Southampton Memorial Hospital Franklin, VA · (757) 569-6100 HC So Clost Diff,Toxin Gene,Amp Prbe $94.20 $314.00 — 70% —
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Outpatient: lowest $52.50, median $52.50, highest $52.50.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $52.50. 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.