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Fecal White Blood Cell Test

New Mexico 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?

$3.89

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.89 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.89 from a physician practice, and about $14.13 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$3.89$3.72 to $5.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$14.13$6.46 to $36.31

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14 · 10th to 90th $4 to $45Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $28
$10$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $14professional $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
$6.46
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$27.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$45.71
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$3.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$2.75
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$9.33
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$7.41
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$10.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.62
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$6.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$4.27

Where New Mexico 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.

New Mexico· 46th of 51

$3.89

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.