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Laboratory Test For A Specific Stool Substance

West 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?

$66.07

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $66.07 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $18.20 from a physician practice, and about $110 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 5 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$18.20$17.38 to $19.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$110$57.54 to $204

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $110 · 10th to 90th $34 to $282Professionalmedian $18 · 10th to 90th $10 to $39
$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $110professional $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
$34.67
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$38.90
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$30.90
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$27.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$109.65
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$199.53
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$17.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$26.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$22.91

Where West 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.

West Virginia· 1st of 51

$66.07

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.