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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 October 2026.

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

$63.10

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $63.10 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $51.29 from a physician practice, and about $91.20 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$51.29$45.71 to $74.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$91.20$63.10 to $178

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $91 · 10th to 90th $23 to $282Professionalmedian $51 · 10th to 90th $23 to $91
$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $91professional $51

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$33.11
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$446.68
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$165.96
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$91.20
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$112.20
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$22.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$69.18

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 9.8 times more in Vermont than in Kentucky. 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· 2nd of 51

$63.10

VT $155KY $15.85

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.