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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 October 2026.

How much does Laboratory Test For A Specific Stool Substance cost?

$18.20

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.49 from a physician practice, and about $19.05 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$15.49$11.48 to $18.20
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.05$18.20 to $38.02

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $17 to $105Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $11 to $23
$10$20$50$100facility $19professional $15

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
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$19.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$9.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$3.72
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$14.45
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$72.44
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$14.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$35.48
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$22.91
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$31.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$22.91

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 36th of 51

$18.20

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.