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Stool Test For Hidden Blood, For A Specific Medical Reason

Minnesota 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?

$4.68

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.68 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.27 from a physician practice, and about $23.99 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$4.27$4.27 to $5.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$23.99$9.55 to $31.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $24 · 10th to 90th $4 to $52Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $20
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $24professional $4

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
$30.20
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$30.90
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$39.81
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$4.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$8.32
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$31.62
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$8.32
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$46.77
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$8.51
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$12.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$9.33

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 39th of 51

$4.68

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.