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Fecal White Blood Cell Test

Mississippi 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?

$7.59

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.59 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.90 from a physician practice, and about $7.76 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 5 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$4.90$3.39 to $7.76
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7.76$5.37 to $48.98

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8 · 10th to 90th $4 to $59Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $9
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $8professional $5

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
$38.90
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$8.71
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$2.14
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$7.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$6.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$8.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$8.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$5.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$10.00

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 4th of 51

$7.59

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.