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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 October 2026.

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

$20.89

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, 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 $100 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$13.80$9.55 to $21.38
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$100$34.67 to $141

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $100 · 10th to 90th $21 to $186Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $10 to $28
$10$20$50$100$200facility $100professional $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
$17.38
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$27.54
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$190.55
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$21.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$14.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$52.48
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$27.54
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$52.48
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
$9.55
Typical High
$13.80

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 29th 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.