Lab tests CPT 87493 Outpatient

C. diff test cost in Wellsville, NY

In Wellsville, NY, 1 hospital lists a cash price for C. difficile toxin gene test (stool PCR): from $64.00 to $64.00, with a median of $64.00. Across New York, the median is $125.87 at 63 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$64.00Memorial Hosp of Wm F & Gertrude F Jones A/K/A Jones Memorial Hosp
Median$64.00half pay less
Highest$64.00in 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 Wellsville, NY.

median
Lowest $64.00Highest $70.96

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Memorial Hosp of Wm F & Gertrude F Jones A/K/A Jones Memorial Hosp lowest Wellsville, NY · (585) 593-1100 HB Inf Agent Det Nucleic Acid Clostridium Amp Probe $64.00 — — — —
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Memorial Hosp of Wm F & Gertrude F Jones A/K/A Jones Memorial Hosp Wellsville, NY · (585) 593-1100 CHG INF AGENT DET NUCLEIC ACID CLOSTRIDIUM AMP PROBE $70.96 $119.00 — 40% —
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Outpatient: lowest $64.00, median $64.00, highest $64.00.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $70.96. 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.