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Stool Trypsin Screen

Washington, DC rates for HCPCS 84488

A stool test that checks whether trypsin, a digestive enzyme made by the pancreas, is present. The answer is given as present or absent rather than as a measured amount. Absence can suggest the pancreas is not releasing enough digestive enzymes into the gut.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Stool Trypsin Screen cost?

$5.50

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.50 from a physician practice, and about $12.30 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$5.50$5.50 to $5.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12.30$5.50 to $26.92

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12 · 10th to 90th $5 to $51Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $5 to $25
$5$10$20$50facility $12professional $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
$5.50
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$5.50
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$81.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$27.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$56.23
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$14.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$25.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$15.85

Where Washington, DC sits

The same service costs 2.5 times more in Hawaii than in Connecticut. 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· 49th of 51

$5.50

HI $13.18CT $5.37

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.