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Stool Test For Hidden Blood, For A Specific Medical Reason

Connecticut 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?

$4.27

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.27 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.95 from a physician practice, and about $7.41 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$2.95$2.95 to $4.27
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7.41$5.50 to $10.72

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7 · 10th to 90th $4 to $14Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $5
$2$5$10$20facility $7professional $3

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
$7.59
Typical High
$17.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$4.68
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$11.48
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.70
Median
$2.88
Typical High
$5.37
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$15.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$7.08
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$5.75
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$14.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$97.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$7.41

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 43rd of 51

$4.27

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.