go back

Laboratory Test For A Specific Stool Substance

Iowa 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 Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $22.91 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $22.91 from a physician practice, and about $35.48 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$22.91$13.80 to $28.84
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$35.48$27.54 to $51.29

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $35 · 10th to 90th $23 to $65Professionalmedian $23 · 10th to 90th $14 to $50
$10$20$50$100$200facility $35professional $23

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
$17.78
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$35.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$54.95
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$223.87
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$109.65
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$46.77
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$91.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$58.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$27.54
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 22nd 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.