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Laboratory Test For A Specific Stool Substance

Kansas 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?

$28.84

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $28.84 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $22.91 from a physician practice, and about $40.74 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 6 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$40.74$27.54 to $42.66

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $41 · 10th to 90th $24 to $43Professionalmedian $23 · 10th to 90th $14 to $33
$10$20$50$100facility $41professional $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
$21.38
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$24.55
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$14.13
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$42.66
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$28.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$109.65
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$37.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$22.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$38.90
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
$9.77
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$12.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$4.90

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 9th of 51

$28.84

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.