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Laboratory Test For A Specific Stool Substance

Massachusetts 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?

$22.91

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $22.91 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $22.91 from a physician practice, and about $66.07 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 9 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$22.91$16.22 to $22.91
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$66.07$33.11 to $112

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $66 · 10th to 90th $23 to $316Professionalmedian $23 · 10th to 90th $13 to $42
$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $66professional $23

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
$29.51
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$18.62
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$109.65
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$56.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$37.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$42.66
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$8,511.38
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$38.90
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$48.98
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$354.81
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$109.65
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$56.23
Tufts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$37.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$27.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$56.23

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts $22.91 · 30th 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.