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Laboratory Test For A Specific Stool Substance

Maryland 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?

$17.38

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.38 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $13.80 to $18.20.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $12 to $29Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $10 to $23
$10$20facility $17professional $17

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$21.38
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$18.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$29.51
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$40.74
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$34.67
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$17.38
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$34.67
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
$8.51
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$8.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$3.47

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 46th of 51

$17.38

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.