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Fecal White Blood Cell Test

Maine 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?

$5.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Maine, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.27 from a physician practice, and about $13.49 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 6 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$4.27$3.47 to $5.01
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$13.49$5.01 to $45.71

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $4 to $79Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $6
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $13professional $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
$4.27
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$5.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$43.65
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.70
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$5.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$9.77
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$6.17
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$5.13
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$77.62
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$5.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$16.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$8.71

Where Maine 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.

Maine· 20th of 51

$5.13

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.