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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 July 2026.

How much does Laboratory Test For A Specific Stool Substance cost?

$22.39

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $22.39 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.95 from a physician practice, and about $42.66 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$19.95$13.80 to $22.91
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$42.66$26.30 to $52.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $43 · 10th to 90th $22 to $85Professionalmedian $20 · 10th to 90th $12 to $29
$10$20$50$100$200facility $43professional $20

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$24.55
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$14.45
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$42.66
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$28.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$33.88
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$40.74
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$35.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$27.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$35.48

Where Kansas sits

The same service costs 5.5 times more in West Virginia than in Vermont. 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· 32nd of 51

$22.39

WV $66.07VT $12.02

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.