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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 October 2026.

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

$22.91

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $22.91 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.85 from a physician practice, and about $66.07 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$15.85$9.55 to $17.78
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$66.07$41.69 to $79.43

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $66 · 10th to 90th $18 to $105Professionalmedian $16 · 10th to 90th $10 to $42
$10$20$50$100facility $66professional $16

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$22.91
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$104.71
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$33.11
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$30.20
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$89.13
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$47.86
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$22.91
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$27.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$16.98
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$11.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$4.57

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 18th of 51

$22.91

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.