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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 July 2026.

How much does Fecal White Blood Cell Test cost?

$4.57

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.57 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.39 from a physician practice, and about $20.42 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$3.39$3.31 to $4.47
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$20.42$6.76 to $41.69

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $3 to $62Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $3 to $6
$5$10$20$50facility $20professional $3

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
$3.31
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$4.47
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$67.61
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$9.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$34.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$5.62
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$8.91
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$5.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$6.03

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 29th of 51

$4.57

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.