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Laboratory Test For A Specific Stool Substance

Maine 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?

$23.44

Typical negotiated rate. In Maine, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $23.44 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $22.91 from a physician practice, and about $45.71 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$22.91$17.38 to $22.91
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$45.71$22.91 to $132

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $46 · 10th to 90th $23 to $219Professionalmedian $23 · 10th to 90th $12 to $28
$10$20$50$100$200facility $46professional $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
$22.91
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$22.91
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$158.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$22.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$33.11
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$27.54
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$229.09
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$39.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$39.81

Where Maine 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.

Maine· 24th of 51

$23.44

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.