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Laboratory Test For A Specific Stool Substance

Arkansas 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?

$25.70

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $25.70 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $17.38 from a physician practice, and about $28.84 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$17.38$13.80 to $28.84
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$28.84$25.70 to $28.84

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $29 · 10th to 90th $25 to $35Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $14 to $29
$10$20$50$100facility $29professional $17

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
$24.55
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$28.84
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$35.48
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$34.67
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$22.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$42.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$41.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$26.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$22.91

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 20th of 51

$25.70

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.