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Stool Test For Hidden Blood, For A Specific Medical Reason

West Virginia 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?

$31.62

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $31.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.63 from a physician practice, and about $44.67 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 5 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$3.63$3.39 to $5.25
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$44.67$31.62 to $67.61

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $45 · 10th to 90th $6 to $74Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $9
$2$10$50$200$1Kfacility $45professional $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
$6.46
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$9.12
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$5.75
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$5.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$20.42
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$72.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$1.78
Typical High
$4.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$4.57

Where West Virginia 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.

West Virginia· 1st of 51

$31.62

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.