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Fecal White Blood Cell Test

South 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 October 2026.

How much does Fecal White Blood Cell Test cost?

$5.13

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.01 from a physician practice, and about $25.70 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$5.01$4.27 to $7.59
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.70$8.13 to $56.23

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $26 · 10th to 90th $4 to $62Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $11
$2$5$10$20$50facility $26professional $5

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
$3.31
Typical High
$6.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$3.72
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$70.79
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$11.22
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$25.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$5.37
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$30.90
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$7.94
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$5.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$6.03
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.66
Median
$1.66
Typical High
$1.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.68
Median
$0.68
Typical High
$0.68

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 16th of 51

$5.13

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.