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Stool Test For Hidden Blood, For A Specific Medical Reason

Tennessee 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?

$4.37

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.37 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.39 from a physician practice, and about $20.42 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$3.39$3.16 to $4.37
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$20.42$6.17 to $28.84

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $3 to $69Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $3 to $10
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $20professional $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
$3.39
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$10.00
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$7.76
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$4.37
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$14.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$6.03
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.70
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$4.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$4.57

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 42nd of 51

$4.37

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.