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Laboratory Test For A Specific Stool Substance

Connecticut 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?

$17.38

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.38 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $13.80 to $26.30.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $29 · 10th to 90th $17 to $56Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $10 to $25
$10$20$50facility $29professional $14

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$17.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$56.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$23.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$39.81
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$39.81
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
$7.59
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$7.94
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$3.24

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 47th of 51

$17.38

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.