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Stool Test For Hidden Blood, For A Specific Medical Reason

Louisiana 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?

$5.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.68 from a physician practice, and about $8.13 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$4.68$4.27 to $5.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8.13$5.13 to $16.60

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8 · 10th to 90th $4 to $32Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $6
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $8professional $5

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
$4.47
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$6.76
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$3.63
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$11.22
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$6.46
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$19.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$5.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$4.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$5.13

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 26th of 51

$5.13

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.