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Laboratory Test For A Specific Stool Substance

New Jersey 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?

$16.22

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.22 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.14 from a physician practice, and about $36.31 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$15.14$12.30 to $16.22
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$36.31$15.14 to $79.43

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $36 · 10th to 90th $12 to $1,288Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $12 to $19
$10$50$200$1Kfacility $36professional $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
$12.02
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$19.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$9.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$3.89
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$14.13
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$35.48
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$13.80
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$181.97
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.22
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$20.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$18.20

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 50th of 51

$16.22

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.