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Stool Fat Screening Test

Alabama rates for HCPCS 82705

This laboratory test checks a stool sample for the presence of excess fat, which can be a sign that the body isn't absorbing fat properly. It's a screening-level check rather than a precise measurement, often used as a first step when a doctor suspects a digestive or pancreatic problem is preventing normal fat absorption. A stronger version of the same test, done with a measured collection, gives an exact amount if more detail is needed.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Stool Fat Screening Test cost?

$5.89

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.89 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.89 from a physician practice, and about $7.08 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$3.89$2.57 to $5.89
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7.08$7.08 to $7.08

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7 · 10th to 90th $6 to $7Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $6
$2$5$10$20facility $7professional $4

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
$5.62
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$7.94
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$5.89
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$3.55
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$7.08
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery + 31 + 55 · Aftercare only + 99 · Multiple modifiers
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$5.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$16.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$28.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$5.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$4.17
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
$2.29
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$2.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.91
Median
$1.17
Typical High
$1.17

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 7.2 times more in Alaska 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.

Alabama· 16th of 51

$5.89

AK $11.48KY $1.58

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.