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Fecal White Blood Cell Test

Utah 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?

$3.98

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.80 from a physician practice, and about $28.84 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 6 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$3.80$3.47 to $4.57
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$28.84$5.37 to $38.02

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $29 · 10th to 90th $5 to $347Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $5
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $29professional $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
$5.37
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$5.37
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$11.75
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$8.32
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$19.05
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$3.80
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$3.02
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$5.50
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$6.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$2.75
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$6.03

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 41st of 51

$3.98

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.