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Stool Test For Hidden Blood, For A Specific Medical Reason

Arkansas 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?

$5.37

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.37 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.47 from a physician practice, and about $7.08 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 7 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$4.47$3.24 to $5.89
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7.08$5.37 to $26.92

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7 · 10th to 90th $5 to $46Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $7
$5$10$20$50$100facility $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
$5.37
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$7.08
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$6.76
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$6.61
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$6.31
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$4.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$8.51
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$6.17
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$7.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$12.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$4.68

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 20th of 51

$5.37

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.