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Laboratory Test For A Specific Stool Substance

New Mexico 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?

$17.38

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.38 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.98 from a physician practice, and about $61.66 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 6 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$16.98$12.30 to $17.78
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$61.66$27.54 to $126

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $62 · 10th to 90th $22 to $186Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $12 to $28
$10$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $62professional $17

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
$27.54
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$27.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$204.17
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$21.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$14.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$33.11
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$27.54
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$22.91
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$34.67
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$17.38

Where New Mexico 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.

New Mexico· 47th of 51

$17.38

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.