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Fecal White Blood Cell Test

Missouri 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?

$5.75

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.75 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.17 from a physician practice, and about $7.41 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 7 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$4.17$3.24 to $7.24
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7.41$5.37 to $19.95

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7 · 10th to 90th $4 to $36Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $10
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $7professional $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
$4.68
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$10.23
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$4.27
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$14.79
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$11.22
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$9.77
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$23.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$10.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$79.43
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$6.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$5.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$6.46

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 13th of 51

$5.75

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.