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Fecal White Blood Cell Test

Alabama rates for HCPCS 89055

This laboratory test looks for white blood cells in a stool sample. Their presence can help a doctor tell the difference between diarrhea caused by inflammation or an invasive infection and diarrhea from other, non-inflammatory causes.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Fecal White Blood Cell Test cost?

$4.90

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.90 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.89 from a physician practice, and about $8.51 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$3.89$3.72 to $4.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8.51$4.90 to $16.98

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9 · 10th to 90th $4 to $40Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $7
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $9professional $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
$4.90
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$6.92
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$2.95
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$21.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$4.37
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$13.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.86
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$15.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$5.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$6.03

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.5 times more in Nebraska than in Washington, DC. 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· 26th of 51

$4.90

NE $11.22DC $3.24

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.