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Stool Test For Hidden Blood, For A Specific Medical Reason

Alabama 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?

$4.90

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.90 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.27 from a physician practice, and about $6.92 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 5 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$4.27$3.02 to $4.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6.92$4.90 to $20.89

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7 · 10th to 90th $4 to $50Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $7
$2$10$50$200facility $7professional $4

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
$4.27
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$6.61
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$5.75
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$10.72
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$3.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$13.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$11.22
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$4.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$4.57

Where Alabama 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.

Alabama· 31st of 51

$4.90

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.