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Laboratory Test For A Specific Stool Substance

Montana 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?

$33.11

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $33.11 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $30.90 from a physician practice, and about $34.67 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$30.90$20.89 to $38.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$34.67$33.11 to $39.81

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $35 · 10th to 90th $31 to $50Professionalmedian $31 · 10th to 90th $10 to $79
$10$20$50$100$200facility $35professional $31

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
$26.92
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$26.30
BCBS Montana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$66.07
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$30.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$45.71
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$41.69
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$22.91

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 4th of 51

$33.11

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.