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Laboratory Test For A Specific Stool Substance

Florida 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?

$16.22

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.22 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.80 from a physician practice, and about $42.66 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$13.80$11.48 to $16.98
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$42.66$22.91 to $42.66

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $43 · 10th to 90th $16 to $43Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $10 to $23
$10$20$50$100facility $43professional $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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$19.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$9.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$3.89
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$14.13
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$28.18
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$93.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$35.48
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$22.91
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$16.22
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$22.91
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$22.91

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 49th of 51

$16.22

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.