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Stool Test For Hidden Blood, For A Specific Medical Reason

Washington, DC 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?

$3.16

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.16 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.16 from a physician practice, and about $24.55 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$3.16$3.16 to $3.16
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$24.55$7.08 to $25.70

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $25 · 10th to 90th $3 to $62Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $3 to $11
$5$10$20$50facility $25professional $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
$3.16
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$3.16
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$36.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$16.22
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$32.36
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$8.51
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$12.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$5.37

Where Washington, DC 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.

Washington, DC· 51st of 51

$3.16

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.