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Laboratory Test For A Specific Stool Substance

North Dakota 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?

$32.36

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $32.36 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $33.11 from a physician practice, and about $23.99 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$33.11$25.70 to $38.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$23.99$16.22 to $61.66

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $24 · 10th to 90th $16 to $105Professionalmedian $33 · 10th to 90th $11 to $46
$10$20$50$100$200facility $24professional $33

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$41.69
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$190.55
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$45.71
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$54.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$41.69
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$47.86
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$32.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$28.84

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 5th of 51

$32.36

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.