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Laboratory Test For A Specific Stool Substance

South Dakota 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?

$58.88

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $58.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $45.71 from a physician practice, and about $81.28 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 7 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$45.71$16.98 to $93.33
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$81.28$58.88 to $89.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $81 · 10th to 90th $56 to $138Professionalmedian $46 · 10th to 90th $13 to $93
$10.0$20.0$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0Kfacility $81professional $46

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
$56.23
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$93.33
Avera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$34.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$54.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$109.65
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$27.54
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$63.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$27.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$26.30
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91

Where South Dakota sits

The same service costs 5.5 times more in West Virginia than in Vermont. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

South Dakota $58.88 · 3rd of 51
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.