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Stool Test For Hidden Blood, For A Specific Medical Reason

Alaska rates for HCPCS 82272

A stool sample is chemically tested for blood that isn't visible to the naked eye, using a color-change (guaiac) reaction. This version is done because of symptoms or another specific medical reason, rather than as part of routine, symptom-free colorectal cancer screening.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Stool Test For Hidden Blood, For A Specific Medical Reason cost?

$6.31

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.31 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.55 from a physician practice, and about $3.09 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$9.55$4.27 to $14.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3.09$3.09 to $20.42

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3 · 10th to 90th $3 to $49Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $4 to $17
$5$10$20$50facility $3professional $10

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$28.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$11.75
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$6.17
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$4.27
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$13.49
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$20.89
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$16.98
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$3.09
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$4.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$12.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$79.43

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 10.0 times more in West Virginia than in Washington, DC. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Alaska· 16th of 51

$6.31

WV $31.62DC $3.16

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.