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Laboratory Test For A Specific Stool Substance

North Carolina 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?

$27.54

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $27.54 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $18.20 from a physician practice, and about $70.79 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 7 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$18.20$15.14 to $30.20
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$70.79$22.91 to $135

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $71 · 10th to 90th $19 to $209Professionalmedian $18 · 10th to 90th $12 to $117
$10$20$50$100$200facility $71professional $18

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
$19.50
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$117.49
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$14.45
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$52.48
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$14.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$35.48
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$22.91
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$31.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$27.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$22.91
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 18th of 51

$27.54

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.