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Stool Test For Hidden Blood, For A Specific Medical Reason

North Carolina 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?

$6.92

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.92 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.68 from a physician practice, and about $18.62 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$4.68$3.39 to $7.59
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$18.62$6.92 to $36.31

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $4 to $46Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $12
$0.1$1$10$100facility $19professional $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
$3.72
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$12.02
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$33.88
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$14.45
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$3.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$19.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$5.89
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$5.89
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$4.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$6.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$4.57
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 11th of 51

$6.92

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.