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Laboratory Test For A Specific Stool Substance

Colorado 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?

$21.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $21.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $17.38 from a physician practice, and about $61.66 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 7 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$12.59 to $18.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$61.66$30.90 to $105

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $62 · 10th to 90th $19 to $129Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $10 to $19
$10$20$50$100$200facility $62professional $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
$17.38
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$19.50
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$117.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$17.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$33.11
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$29.51
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$47.86
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$22.91
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$34.67
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$21.38

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 35th of 51

$21.88

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.