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Stool Test For Hidden Blood, For A Specific Medical Reason

Iowa 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?

$8.51

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.51 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.41 from a physician practice, and about $11.22 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$7.41$4.57 to $14.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$11.22$6.46 to $37.15

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11 · 10th to 90th $4 to $56Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $4 to $23
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $11professional $7

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
$5.01
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$22.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$10.23
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$40.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$16.98
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$9.33
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$5.25
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$3.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$9.77
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$9.77
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$4.27

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 4th of 51

$8.51

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.