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Stool Test For Hidden Blood, For A Specific Medical Reason

Ohio 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?

$5.75

Typical negotiated rate. In Ohio, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.75 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.98 from a physician practice, and about $8.51 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$3.98$2.51 to $6.17
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8.51$5.13 to $18.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9 · 10th to 90th $4 to $50Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $9
$2$10$50$200facility $9professional $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
$9.12
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$10.23
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$6.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$7.76
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.62
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$4.90
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$4.90
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$5.75
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$21.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$6.31
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$38.90
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$11.75
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$5.13
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$8.51
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$6.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$4.79

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 19th of 51

$5.75

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.