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Fecal White Blood Cell Test

New Jersey 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?

$3.80

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.80 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.31 from a physician practice, and about $21.38 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3.31$3.02 to $3.80
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$21.38$8.32 to $10,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $21 · 10th to 90th $4 to $19,953Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $5
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $21professional $3

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
$3.31
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$8.32
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$4.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.66
Median
$1.66
Typical High
$2.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.66
Median
$0.66
Typical High
$0.98
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$2.63
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$20.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$11.75
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.70
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$3.47
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$15,488.17
Typical High
$26,915.35
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$3.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$3.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$5.13

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 41st of 51

$3.80

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.