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Laboratory Test For A Specific Stool Substance

Arizona 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?

$18.62

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.49 from a physician practice, and about $35.48 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$15.49$12.59 to $18.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$35.48$20.89 to $57.54

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $35 · 10th to 90th $13 to $91Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $12 to $39
$10$20$50$100facility $35professional $15

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
$20.89
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$91.20
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$14.79
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$81.28
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$93.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$35.48
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$109.65
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$16.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$22.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$22.91

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 40th of 51

$18.62

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.