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Fecal White Blood Cell Test

Minnesota 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?

$4.68

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.68 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.68 from a physician practice, and about $5.13 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$4.68$3.98 to $5.25
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5.13$3.98 to $11.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $32Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $8
$5$10$20$50facility $5professional $5

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
$3.98
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$3.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$5.13
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$11.48
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$4.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$8.32
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$31.62
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$8.32
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$79.43
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$9.77
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$5.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$10.00
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.00
Typical High
$2.00
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.79
Median
$0.79
Typical High
$0.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.00
Typical High
$2.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.79
Median
$0.79
Typical High
$1.02

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 22nd of 51

$4.68

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.