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Stool Fat Screening Test

Washington, DC 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?

$6.17

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.17 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.80 from a physician practice, and about $18.62 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$3.80$3.80 to $3.80
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$18.62$9.33 to $35.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $4 to $46Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $4 to $18
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $19professional $4

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
$3.80
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$3.80
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$56.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$19.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$40.74
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$10.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$6.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$8.71

Where Washington, DC 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.

Washington, DC· 24th of 51

$6.17

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.