Lab tests CPT 87493 Outpatient

C. diff test cost in Springfield, OH

In Springfield, OH, 2 hospitals list a cash price for C. difficile toxin gene test (stool PCR): from $52.80 to $105.00, with a median of $78.90. The lowest listed price is at Beavercreek Medical Center — $26.10 less than the median here. Across Ohio, the median is $130.00 at 99 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities 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 Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$52.80Beavercreek Medical Center
Median$78.90half pay less
Highest$105.00in this market
Difference2.0×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 Springfield, OH.

median
Lowest $52.80Highest $126.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Beavercreek Medical Center lowest Beaver Creek, OH Hc Clostridium Difficile Toxin Amp Probe $52.80 $132.00 — 60% Apr 1, 2026
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Springfield Regional Medical Center Springfield, OH · (937) 523-5500 HC Inf Agent Det Nucleic Acid Clostridium Amp Probe $105.00 $175.00 — 40% —
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Springfield Regional Medical Center Springfield, OH · (937) 523-5500 HC So Clost Diff,Toxin Gene,Amp Prbe $126.00 $210.00 — 40% —
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Outpatient: lowest $52.80, median $78.90, highest $105.00 — a 2.0× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $78.90. 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.