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Laboratory Test For A Specific Stool Substance

Louisiana 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 Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $22.91 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $17.38 from a physician practice, and about $27.54 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$17.38$10.00 to $25.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$27.54$22.39 to $46.77

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28 · 10th to 90th $22 to $69Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $10 to $30
$10$20$50$100facility $28professional $17

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
$24.55
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$14.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$6.03
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$14.45
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$72.44
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$22.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$22.91

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 16th 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.