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Fecal White Blood Cell Test

Michigan 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?

$4.07

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.07 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.07 from a physician practice, and about $4.17 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$4.07$3.63 to $4.07
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4.17$4.07 to $7.41

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4 · 10th to 90th $4 to $20Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $6
$5$10$20$50facility $4professional $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
$3.63
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$5.13
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$9.12
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$3.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$6.17
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$14.13
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$7.76
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$5.75
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$5.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$6.17

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 38th of 51

$4.07

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.