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Stool Test For Hidden Blood, For A Specific Medical Reason

North Dakota 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 North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.51 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.31 from a physician practice, and about $28.84 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 5 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$6.31$4.27 to $19.95
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$28.84$21.38 to $33.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $29 · 10th to 90th $4 to $52Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $4 to $31
$5$10$20$50facility $29professional $6

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
$29.51
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$30.90
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$9.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$6.31
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$58.88
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$7.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$12.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$6.17

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 5th 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.