go back

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 July 2026.

How much does Stool Fat Screening Test cost?

$5.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.57 from a physician practice, and about $6.61 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$4.57$4.17 to $5.89
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6.61$5.89 to $8.32

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7 · 10th to 90th $5 to $10Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $6
$2$5$10$20facility $7professional $5

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
$5.13
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$10.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$5.89
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$3.55
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$10.72
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$5.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$16.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$17.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$6.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$7.08

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.3 times more in Pennsylvania than in Tennessee. 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· 37th of 51

$5.13

PA $13.49TN $4.07

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.