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Fecal White Blood Cell Test

North Carolina 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?

$6.03

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.03 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.80 from a physician practice, and about $22.39 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$3.80$3.39 to $6.76
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$22.39$6.03 to $64.57

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $22 · 10th to 90th $3 to $76Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $10
$5$10$20$50$100facility $22professional $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
$3.39
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$9.55
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$2.95
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$19.05
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$4.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$19.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$6.46
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.32
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$8.32
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$5.75
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$7.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$6.03
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 8th of 51

$6.03

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.