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Laboratory Test For A Specific Stool Substance

Minnesota 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 Minnesota, 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 $61.66 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$20.89 to $26.92
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$61.66$22.91 to $89.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $62 · 10th to 90th $23 to $170Professionalmedian $23 · 10th to 90th $17 to $65
$20$50$100$200facility $62professional $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
$21.38
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$138.04
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$46.77
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$169.82
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$43.65
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$288.40
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$27.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$51.29

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 28th of 51

$22.91

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.