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Laboratory Test For A Specific Stool Substance

Missouri 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?

$19.95

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.95 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.85 from a physician practice, and about $39.81 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$15.85$10.00 to $26.92
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$39.81$22.91 to $81.28

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $40 · 10th to 90th $21 to $110Professionalmedian $16 · 10th to 90th $9 to $33
$10$20$50$100facility $40professional $16

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$24.55
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$107.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$41.69
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$63.10
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$26.92
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$109.65
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$27.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$20.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$30.90
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
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$13.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$5.25

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 31st of 51

$19.95

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.