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Laboratory Test For A Specific Stool Substance

Nebraska 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?

$20.89

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $20.89 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.80 from a physician practice, and about $52.48 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$13.80$13.80 to $20.89
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$52.48$33.88 to $110

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $52 · 10th to 90th $15 to $200Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $13 to $55
$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $52professional $14

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
$16.22
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$13.80
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$54.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$257.04
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$66.07
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$13.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$45.71

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 30th of 51

$20.89

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.