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Stool Test For Hidden Blood, For A Specific Medical Reason

Massachusetts 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?

$7.08

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.08 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.61 from a physician practice, and about $8.71 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 9 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$6.61$4.27 to $13.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8.71$6.17 to $13.80

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9 · 10th to 90th $4 to $38Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $3 to $18
$5$10$20$50facility $9professional $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
$4.27
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$25.12
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$79.43
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$10.23
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$13.80
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$4.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$8.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$7.24
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$7,079.46
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$7.08
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$10.00
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$28.18
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$79.43
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$10.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$5.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$9.77

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 10th of 51

$7.08

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.