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Laboratory Test For A Specific Stool Substance

South Carolina 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?

$30.90

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $30.90 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $30.90 from a physician practice, and about $43.65 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$30.90$22.91 to $42.66
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$43.65$20.89 to $66.07

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $44 · 10th to 90th $18 to $141Professionalmedian $31 · 10th to 90th $17 to $43
$10$20$50$100facility $44professional $31

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
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$19.95
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$42.66
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$27.54
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$30.20
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$27.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$27.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$27.54
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$9.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$3.72

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 6th of 51

$30.90

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.