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Laboratory Test For A Specific Stool Substance

Tennessee 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?

$18.20

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $17.38 from a physician practice, and about $35.48 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$17.38$17.38 to $18.20
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$35.48$21.38 to $110

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $35 · 10th to 90th $17 to $191Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $13 to $25
$5$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $35professional $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
$18.20
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$26.30
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$14.45
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$33.11
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$22.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$22.91

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 41st of 51

$18.20

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.