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Stool pancreatic elastase test, present or absent

CPT 82656the billing code this page is about

Checks a stool sample for the pancreatic enzyme elastase, reported as present, absent, or an approximate level rather than an exact number.

Hospitals typically charge $129 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,437 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $134. Most fall between $40 and $288 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,437
States
50
Filings dated
Jan 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 1,437 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$20$49$129$239$425

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 22× what the cheapest tenth charges ($20 vs $425).

How the prices are spread

$13 – $19: 70 hospitals$13$19 – $29: 92 hospitals$29 – $43: 83 hospitals$29$43 – $64: 132 hospitals$64 – $96: 156 hospitals$64$96 – $144: 181 hospitals$144 – $216: 251 hospitals$144$216 – $323: 161 hospitals$323 – $485: 134 hospitals$323$485 – $727: 45 hospitals$485median $129price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,305 of 1,437 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$13$1970
$19$2992
$29$4383
$43$64132
$64$96156
$96$144181
$144$216251
$216$323161
$323$485134
$485$72745

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $129.

Alaska: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: median $212 across 10 hospitalsNH$212Washington: median $123 across 43 hospitalsWA$123Idaho: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: median $75 across 10 hospitalsND$75Minnesota: median $158 across 24 hospitalsMN$158Illinois: median $146 across 74 hospitalsIL$146Wisconsin: median $107 across 20 hospitalsWI$107Michigan: median $43 across 26 hospitalsMI$43New York: median $42 across 67 hospitalsNY$42Massachusetts: median $49 across 30 hospitalsMA$49Oregon: median $75 across 12 hospitalsOR$75Nevada: median $95 across 10 hospitalsNV$95Wyoming: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $115 across 43 hospitalsIA$115Indiana: median $157 across 41 hospitalsIN$157Ohio: median $122 across 48 hospitalsOH$122Pennsylvania: median $80 across 62 hospitalsPA$80New Jersey: median $13 across 43 hospitalsNJ$13Connecticut: median $62 across 12 hospitalsCT$62Rhode Island: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $49 across 69 hospitalsCA$49Utah: median $397 across 11 hospitalsUT$397Colorado: median $94 across 30 hospitalsCO$94Nebraska: median $189 across 26 hospitalsNE$189Missouri: median $157 across 48 hospitalsMO$157Kentucky: median $249 across 30 hospitalsKY$249West Virginia: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $172 across 34 hospitalsVA$172Maryland: median $115 across 19 hospitalsMD$115Delaware: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $85 across 24 hospitalsAZ$85New Mexico: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $243 across 34 hospitalsKS$243Arkansas: median $168 across 13 hospitalsAR$168Tennessee: median $101 across 34 hospitalsTN$101North Carolina: median $180 across 37 hospitalsNC$180South Carolina: median $269 across 21 hospitalsSC$269Oklahoma: median $153 across 40 hospitalsOK$153Louisiana: median $55 across 35 hospitalsLA$55Mississippi: median $55 across 23 hospitalsMS$55Alabama: median $146 across 23 hospitalsAL$146Georgia: median $285 across 75 hospitalsGA$285Hawaii: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $160 across 97 hospitalsTX$160Florida: median $191 across 66 hospitalsFL$191
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $129. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Utah UT11$397+208%$256 – $942
Georgia GA75$285+121%$105 – $346
South Carolina SC21$269+109%$104 – $457
Kentucky KY30$249+93%$68 – $337
Kansas KS34$243+89%$80 – $766
New Hampshire NH10$212+65%$64 – $1,247
Florida FL66$191+48%$63 – $269
Nebraska NE26$189+47%$135 – $409
North Carolina NC37$180+39%$54 – $197
Virginia VA34$172+33%$31 – $339
Arkansas AR13$168+31%$32 – $176
Texas TX97$160+24%$82 – $366
Minnesota MN24$158+23%$62 – $187
Indiana IN41$157+22%$59 – $301
Missouri MO48$157+22%$79 – $425
Oklahoma OK40$153+19%$20 – $229
Alabama AL23$146+14%$61 – $727
Illinois IL74$146+13%$56 – $441
Washington WA43$123−4%$50 – $268
Ohio OH48$122−5%$34 – $164
Iowa IA43$115−11%$64 – $250
Maryland MD19$115−11%$48 – $310
Wisconsin WI20$107−17%$52 – $171
Tennessee TN34$101−21%$20 – $149
Nevada NV10$95−26%$37 – $239
Colorado CO30$94−27%$64 – $513
Arizona AZ24$85−34%$45 – $130
Pennsylvania PA62$80−38%$13 – $293
Oregon OR12$75−41%$40 – $217
North Dakota ND10$75−42%$57 – $85
Connecticut CT12$62−52%$49 – $168
Mississippi MS23$55−57%$25 – $110
Louisiana LA35$55−57%$18 – $160
Massachusetts MA30$49−62%$28 – $421
California CA69$49−62%$33 – $210
Michigan MI26$43−67%$16 – $182
New York NY67$42−68%$14 – $133
New Jersey NJ43$13−90%$12 – $73
Alaska AK9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $129.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,057$117$32 – $276
Children’s25$122$40 – $292
Critical access352$159$61 – $327
Ownership
For-profit212$193$51 – $460
Government246$141$63 – $337
Non-profit976$110$31 – $242
System affiliation
Part of a system1,170$129$34 – $285
Independent267$123$46 – $298

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$228
Median cash price$129
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

954 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $122 and the average of the middle 60% is $129; most fall between $43 and $268.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 954 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$22$50$122$227$370

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 17× what the cheapest tenth charges ($22 vs $370).

Of the 1,061 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 954 gave a usable cash price; 47 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 60 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,437 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (36%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,570 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,437
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here57
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded76
Hospitals that filed this code1,570

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other Laboratory family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Hc Pancreatic Elastase Fecal, Qual/Semi-Quant.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Stool pancreatic elastase test, present or absent (CPT 82656) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-82656-stool-pancreatic-elastase-test-present-or-absent