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Fecal White Blood Cell Test

South 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?

$4.90

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.90 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.68 from a physician practice, and about $100 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 7 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$4.68$3.89 to $8.71
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$100$8.32 to $398

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $100 · 10th to 90th $5 to $490Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $12
$5$20$100$500facility $100professional $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
$100.00
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$4.90
Avera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$6.46
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$10.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$79.43
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$6.03
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$11.75
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$5.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$6.03
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$4.27

Where South 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.

South Dakota· 25th of 51

$4.90

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.