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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 October 2026.

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

$17.78

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.78 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.85 from a physician practice, and about $24.55 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$15.85$11.22 to $18.20
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$24.55$22.91 to $45.71

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $25 · 10th to 90th $19 to $110Professionalmedian $16 · 10th to 90th $9 to $25
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $25professional $16

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
$20.42
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$20.42
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$112.20
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$16.98
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$22.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$33.11
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$33.88
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$29.51
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.05
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$7,413.10
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$27.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$22.91
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$10.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$4.07

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 41st of 51

$17.78

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.