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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 July 2026.

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

$28.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $28.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $24.55 from a physician practice, and about $36.31 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 5 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$24.55$16.98 to $27.54
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$36.31$27.54 to $61.66

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $36 · 10th to 90th $24 to $93Professionalmedian $25 · 10th to 90th $12 to $32
$5.0$10.0$20.0$50.0$100.0$200.0facility $36professional $25

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
$24.55
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$31.62
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$72.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$26.92
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$22.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$24.55

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 5.5 times more in West Virginia than in Vermont. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Louisiana $28.18 · 16th of 51
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.