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Laboratory Test For A Specific Stool Substance

Georgia 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?

$18.20

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.80 from a physician practice, and about $28.18 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$13.80$9.12 to $22.91
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$28.18$22.91 to $45.71

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28 · 10th to 90th $18 to $79Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $6 to $26
$10$20$50facility $28professional $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
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$21.88
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$33.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$79.43
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$22.91
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$35.48
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$107.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$47.86
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
$8.91
Typical High
$10.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$4.37

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 38th of 51

$18.20

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.