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Stool Fat Screening Test

South Carolina 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?

$8.32

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.32 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.08 from a physician practice, and about $27.54 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$7.08$5.13 to $10.96
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$27.54$18.62 to $50.12

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28 · 10th to 90th $7 to $65Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $3 to $13
$2$5$10$20$50facility $28professional $7

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
$3.98
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$8.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$4.47
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$67.61
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$12.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$31.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$6.46
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$37.15
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$6.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$7.08
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
$2.00
Median
$2.00
Typical High
$2.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.79
Median
$0.79
Typical High
$0.81

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 5th of 51

$8.32

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.