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Laboratory Test For A Specific Stool Substance

Kentucky 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?

$15.85

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.85 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.80 from a physician practice, and about $22.91 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$13.80$9.12 to $22.91
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$22.91$19.50 to $32.36

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $23 · 10th to 90th $19 to $34Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $9 to $28
$10$20$50$100facility $23professional $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
$18.62
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$22.91
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$14.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$23.99
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$22.91
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$32.36
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$38.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$48.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$25.12
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
$9.33
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$11.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$4.57

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 51st of 51

$15.85

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.