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Laboratory Test For A Specific Stool Substance

Alaska rates for HCPCS 82653

This stool (fecal) test measures the level of a specific substance as part of evaluating a person's digestive health or diagnosing a medical condition. The exact substance measured depends on why the test was ordered.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Laboratory Test For A Specific Stool Substance cost?

$51.29

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $51.29 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $51.29 from a physician practice, and about $22.91 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$51.29$17.78 to $77.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$22.91$12.59 to $162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $23 · 10th to 90th $13 to $263Professionalmedian $51 · 10th to 90th $13 to $78
$20$50$100$200$500facility $23professional $51

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
$37.15
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$93.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$33.11
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$22.91
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$91.20
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$91.20
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$17.78
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$22.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$69.18

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 5.5 times more in West Virginia than in Vermont. 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.

Alaska· 5th of 51

$51.29

WV $66.07VT $12.02

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.