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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 July 2026.

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

$16.98

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.98 from a physician practice, and about $69.18 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 6 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$16.98$12.59 to $17.78
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$69.18$17.38 to $324

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $69 · 10th to 90th $13 to $437Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $12 to $23
$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $69professional $17

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
$16.98
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$20.89
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$20.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$29.51
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.25
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$40.74
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$34.67
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$17.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$21.88
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$34.67

Where Maryland sits

The same service costs 5.5 times more in West Virginia than in Vermont. 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· 48th of 51

$16.98

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.