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Laboratory Test For A Specific Stool Substance

Utah 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?

$19.05

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.05 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $17.78 from a physician practice, and about $53.70 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$17.78$12.59 to $20.89
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$53.70$33.88 to $112

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $54 · 10th to 90th $21 to $145Professionalmedian $18 · 10th to 90th $12 to $25
$10$20$50$100$200facility $54professional $18

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
$20.89
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$24.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$63.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$33.11
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$93.33
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$20.42
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.22
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$30.20
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$22.91
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$14.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$22.91

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 39th of 51

$19.05

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.