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Fecal White Blood Cell Test

Indiana 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 October 2026.

How much does Fecal White Blood Cell Test cost?

$3.47

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.47 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.95 from a physician practice, and about $4.27 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2.95$2.09 to $4.47
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4.27$4.17 to $9.33

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $13Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $7
$10$100$1Kfacility $4professional $3

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
$3.47
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$15.85
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$10.96
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$2.57
Typical High
$2.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$12.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$6.03
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$5.37
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$14.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$10.72
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$2,187.76
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$3.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$6.17
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
$1.58
Median
$1.74
Typical High
$5.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.65
Median
$0.71
Typical High
$2.19

Where Indiana sits

The same service costs 3.5 times more in Alaska than in Georgia. 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.

Indiana· 48th of 51

$3.47

AK $11.75GA $3.31

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.