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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 October 2026.

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

$18.20

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.20 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $12.88 to $22.91.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $41 · 10th to 90th $16 to $55Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $10 to $23
$10$20$50$100facility $41professional $17

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
$18.20
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$13.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$5.50
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$14.45
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$54.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$31.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$22.91

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 39th of 51

$18.20

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.