Clostridioides difficile test by amplified probe at UPMC Presbyterian

Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.

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Generated: October 20, 2026

Original text from hospital filings

C-DIFF BY PCR

Pittsburgh, PA

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UPMC Presbyterian’s median price of $376 is 514% above the median hospital's median price ($61), higher than 98% of the 2,621 hospitals reporting CPT 87493. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.

Payers reporting CPT 87493 at UPMC Presbyterian

Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 8 payers, 22 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.

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1	Amerihealth Caritas medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$40	$40	—	—	—	$40 – $40
2	Cigna medicare transplant facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$40	$40	—	—	—	$40 – $40
3	Highmark medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$40	$40	—	—	—	$40 – $40
4	UnitedHealthcare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$40	$40	—	—	—	$40 – $40
5	Aetna medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$41	$41	—	—	—	$41 – $41
6	MultiPlan worker's compensation facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$43	$43	—	—	—	$43 – $43
7	UnitedHealthcare pa chip/pa medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$48	$48	—	—	—	$48 – $48
8	Aetna chip/medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$52	$52	—	—	—	$52 – $52
9	Highmark medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$60	$60	—	—	—	$60 – $60
10	Amerihealth Caritas community healthchoices (chc)/medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$64	$64	—	—	—	$64 – $64
11	Highmark medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$94	$94	—	—	—	$94 – $94
12	Highmark managed care - social mission facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$157	$157	—	—	—	$157 – $157
13	Highmark managed care facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$210	$210	—	—	—	$210 – $210
14	Highmark commercial - social mission indemnity facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$248	$248	—	—	—	$248 – $248
15	Highmark commercial - indemnity facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$332	$332	—	—	—	$332 – $332
16	Highmark upmc emergent facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$420	$420	—	—	—	$420 – $420
17	First Health commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges	$531	$531	—	—	—	$531 – $531
18	First Health commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$531	$531	—	—	—	$531 – $531
19	MultiPlan ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges	$607	$607	—	—	—	$607 – $607
20	MultiPlan ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$607	$607	—	—	—	$607 – $607
21	Humana commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges	$645	$645	—	—	—	$645 – $645
22	Humana commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$645	$645	—	—	—	$645 – $645

Last updated: Mar 6, 2026

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