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Fecal White Blood Cell Test

West Virginia 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?

$4.07

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.07 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.39 from a physician practice, and about $45.71 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 $3.72
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$45.71$8.13 to $45.71

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $46 · 10th to 90th $3 to $71Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $3 to $4
$2$5$10$20$50facility $46professional $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
$3.47
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$4.07
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$5.75
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$5.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$12.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$39.81
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$64.57
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$2.57
Typical High
$2.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$1.78
Typical High
$4.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$6.03

Where West Virginia 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.

West Virginia· 37th of 51

$4.07

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.