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Stool Test For Hidden Blood, For A Specific Medical Reason

South 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?

$7.24

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.24 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.47 from a physician practice, and about $38.02 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$3.47$3.31 to $4.47
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$38.02$7.76 to $50.12

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $38 · 10th to 90th $4 to $52Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $3 to $9
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $38professional $3

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
$4.07
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$12.30
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$7.76
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$44.67
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$8.32
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$28.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$5.01
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$6.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$5.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$4.57

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 8th of 51

$7.24

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.