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Stool Test For Hidden Blood, For A Specific Medical Reason

Nebraska 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?

$9.12

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.17 from a physician practice, and about $22.39 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$6.17$4.27 to $9.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$22.39$11.22 to $54.95

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $22 · 10th to 90th $4 to $74Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $3 to $23
$2$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $22professional $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
$8.51
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$22.91
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$10.47
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$38.90
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$6.92
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$20.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$10.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$54.95
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$4.68
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$8.71
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$3.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$4.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$8.51

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 3rd of 51

$9.12

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.