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Laboratory Test For A Specific Stool Substance

Virginia 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?

$19.50

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $17.38 from a physician practice, and about $39.81 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 8 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$12.59 to $19.05
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$39.81$22.91 to $112

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $40 · 10th to 90th $19 to $209Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $9 to $25
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $40professional $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
$19.50
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$19.50
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$91.20
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$15.49
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.23
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$26.30
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$33.88
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$19.50
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$47.86
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$10,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$27.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$17.38

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 38th of 51

$19.50

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.