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Fecal White Blood Cell Test

North Dakota 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?

$5.01

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.01 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.50 from a physician practice, and about $3.98 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$5.50$3.80 to $8.51
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3.98$3.02 to $6.46

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $8Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $10
$5$10$20$50facility $4professional $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
$3.02
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$7.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$12.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$9.77
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$6.31
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$8.91
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$7.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$16.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$6.92

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 23rd of 51

$5.01

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.