Lab tests CPT 87493 Kansas Outpatient

C. diff test cost in Kansas

In Kansas, 10 hospitals publish a cash price for C. difficile toxin gene test (stool PCR): from $47.20 to $390.70, with a median of $176.39. The lowest price is at Ascension Via Christi Hospital Manhattan (Manhattan). The highest price is 8.3× the lowest.

Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 87493. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Sep 23, 2026.

Lowest$47.20Ascension Via Christi Hospital Manhattan
Median$176.39half pay less
Highest$390.70in Kansas
Lowest saves$129.19vs the median

Hospitals in Kansas, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceFile date
Ascension Via Christi Hospital Manhattan lowest Manhattan · Manhattan, KS CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE A&B SO $47.20 $118.00 —
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Wamego Health Center Wamego · Manhattan, KS C. DIFFICILE TOXIN B BY PCR $82.80 $207.00 —
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Susan B Allen Memorial Hospital El Dorado · Wichita, KS DETECTION TEST BY NUCLEIC ACID FOR CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE, AMPLIFIED PROBE TECHNIQUE $83.85 $129.00 —
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Mercy Specialty Hospital Southeast Kansas Galena · Joplin, MO-KS Clostridium Difficile Amp Probe $154.05 $237.00 —
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Mercy Hospital Columbus Columbus · Joplin, MO-KS Clostridium Difficile Amp Probe $165.10 $254.00 —
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Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas Overland Park · Kansas City, MO-KS C DIFF TOXIN AMP PROBE $187.68 $391.00 —
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Mercy Hospital Pittsburg Pittsburg · Pittsburg, KS Clostridium Difficile Amp Probe $210.60 $324.00 —
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AdventHealth Ottawa Ottawa · Ottawa, KS HC CLOSTRIDIOIDES DIFFICILE TOXIN TCBD GENE PCR $390.70 $390.70 Apr 1, 2026
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AdventHealth Shawnee Mission Shawnee Mission · Kansas City, MO-KS HC CLOSTRIDIOIDES DIFFICILE TOXIN TCBD GENE PCR $390.70 $390.70 Apr 1, 2026
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AdventHealth South Overland Park Overland Park · Kansas City, MO-KS HC CLOSTRIDIOIDES DIFFICILE TOXIN TCBD GENE PCR $390.70 $390.70 Apr 1, 2026
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By metro area

Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.

Metro areaHospitals LowestMedian
Kansas City, MO-KS 3 $187.68 $390.70
Joplin, MO-KS 2 $154.05 $159.58
Manhattan, KS 2 $47.20 $65.00
Ottawa, KS 1 $390.70 $390.70
Pittsburg, KS 1 $210.60 $210.60
Wichita, KS 1 $83.85 $83.85

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.

C. difficile toxin gene test (stool PCR) in other states

Median cash price across the state's hospitals.