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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 July 2026.

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

$16.22

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.22 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.14 from a physician practice, and about $48.98 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$15.14$12.59 to $16.98
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$48.98$28.84 to $63.10

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $49 · 10th to 90th $23 to $98Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $12 to $25
$10$20$50$100facility $49professional $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
$22.91
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$17.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$61.66
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$28.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$39.81
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$32.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$40.74

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 50th of 51

$16.22

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.