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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 October 2026.

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

$19.05

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.05 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.48 from a physician practice, and about $50.12 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$11.48$10.00 to $23.99
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$50.12$20.89 to $87.10

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $50 · 10th to 90th $19 to $145Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $10 to $43
$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $50professional $11

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$20.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.50
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$30.90
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$27.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$109.65
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$13.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$42.66
1 more rate 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
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
90 · Outside lab
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$17.38

Where West 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.

West Virginia· 32nd of 51

$19.05

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.