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Laboratory Test For A Specific Stool Substance

Michigan 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?

$21.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $21.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.05 from a physician practice, and about $27.54 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$19.05$16.22 to $21.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$27.54$21.88 to $39.81

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28 · 10th to 90th $21 to $79Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $12 to $28
$10$20$50$100$200facility $28professional $19

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
$21.88
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$27.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$44.67
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$17.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$35.48
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$39.81
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$30.90
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$28.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$22.91

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 33rd of 51

$21.88

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.