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Laboratory Test For A Specific Stool Substance

Illinois 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?

$17.78

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.78 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $17.78 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$17.78$11.48 to $17.78
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$35.48$27.54 to $69.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $35 · 10th to 90th $21 to $117Professionalmedian $18 · 10th to 90th $3 to $28
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $35professional $18

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
$19.95
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$28.18
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$34.67
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$17.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$33.11
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$346.74
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$28.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$28.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$24.55
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$13.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$10.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$4.17

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 42nd of 51

$17.78

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.