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Stool Test For Hidden Blood, For A Specific Medical Reason

South 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?

$19.95

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.95 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.24 from a physician practice, and about $29.51 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 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$7.24$4.27 to $24.55
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$29.51$23.99 to $38.90

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $30 · 10th to 90th $8 to $71Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $4 to $31
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $30professional $7

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
$18.20
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$33.11
Avera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$6.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$10.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$45.71
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$5.13
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$11.75
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$5.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$5.62
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$4.27

Where South 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.

South Dakota· 2nd of 51

$19.95

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.