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Procedure price report · Laboratory - Chemistry and Hematology

Stool fat test, simple screen

CPT 82705the billing code this page is about

A single screening lab test that looks at a stool sample for fat droplets and reports whether fat is present, without measuring the exact amount.

Hospitals typically charge $36 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,727 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $39. Most fall between $14 and $75 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,727
States
50
Filings dated
Dec 2022 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 25, 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 2,727 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
$9$17$36$66$115

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 13× what the cheapest tenth charges ($9 vs $115).

How the prices are spread

$6 – $8: 123 hospitals$6$8 – $12: 191 hospitals$12 – $17: 223 hospitals$12$17 – $24: 313 hospitals$24 – $33: 293 hospitals$24$33 – $47: 381 hospitals$47 – $67: 416 hospitals$47$67 – $94: 264 hospitals$94 – $134: 169 hospitals$94$134 – $189: 89 hospitals$134median $36price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (2,462 of 2,727 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$6$8123
$8$12191
$12$17223
$17$24313
$24$33293
$33$47381
$47$67416
$67$94264
$94$134169
$134$18989

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $36.

Alaska: median $62 across 16 hospitalsAK$62Maine: median $47 across 25 hospitalsME$47Vermont: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: median $35 across 22 hospitalsNH$35Washington: median $35 across 67 hospitalsWA$35Idaho: median $38 across 17 hospitalsID$38Montana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: median $29 across 20 hospitalsND$29Minnesota: median $34 across 63 hospitalsMN$34Illinois: median $68 across 121 hospitalsIL$68Wisconsin: median $28 across 52 hospitalsWI$28Michigan: median $11 across 60 hospitalsMI$11New York: median $18 across 86 hospitalsNY$18Massachusetts: median $36 across 48 hospitalsMA$36Oregon: median $35 across 47 hospitalsOR$35Nevada: median $36 across 19 hospitalsNV$36Wyoming: median $50 across 11 hospitalsWY$50South Dakota: median $75 across 24 hospitalsSD$75Iowa: median $42 across 61 hospitalsIA$42Indiana: median $57 across 80 hospitalsIN$57Ohio: median $25 across 104 hospitalsOH$25Pennsylvania: median $27 across 116 hospitalsPA$27New Jersey: median $6 across 52 hospitalsNJ$6Connecticut: median $24 across 17 hospitalsCT$24Rhode Island: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $13 across 112 hospitalsCA$13Utah: median $75 across 40 hospitalsUT$75Colorado: median $51 across 57 hospitalsCO$51Nebraska: median $60 across 60 hospitalsNE$60Missouri: median $54 across 66 hospitalsMO$54Kentucky: median $25 across 65 hospitalsKY$25West Virginia: median $28 across 42 hospitalsWV$28Virginia: median $30 across 71 hospitalsVA$30Maryland: median $41 across 38 hospitalsMD$41Delaware: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $36 across 34 hospitalsAZ$36New Mexico: median $41 across 25 hospitalsNM$41Kansas: median $44 across 70 hospitalsKS$44Arkansas: median $23 across 34 hospitalsAR$23Tennessee: median $25 across 72 hospitalsTN$25North Carolina: median $47 across 81 hospitalsNC$47South Carolina: median $51 across 52 hospitalsSC$51Oklahoma: median $32 across 63 hospitalsOK$32Louisiana: median $30 across 41 hospitalsLA$30Mississippi: median $27 across 46 hospitalsMS$27Alabama: median $25 across 31 hospitalsAL$25Georgia: median $51 across 104 hospitalsGA$51Hawaii: median $26 across 15 hospitalsHI$26Texas: median $58 across 212 hospitalsTX$58Florida: median $14 across 147 hospitalsFL$14
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $36. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Utah UT40$75+109%$64 – $87
South Dakota SD24$75+108%$65 – $177
Illinois IL121$68+88%$20 – $112
Alaska AK16$62+71%$42 – $120
Nebraska NE60$60+67%$39 – $115
Texas TX212$58+60%$18 – $143
Indiana IN80$57+58%$14 – $94
Missouri MO66$54+50%$31 – $98
South Carolina SC52$51+43%$31 – $97
Georgia GA104$51+42%$24 – $101
Colorado CO57$51+41%$29 – $116
Wyoming WY11$50+38%$42 – $56
Maine ME25$47+29%$17 – $73
North Carolina NC81$47+29%$22 – $67
Kansas KS70$44+23%$24 – $76
Iowa IA61$42+17%$30 – $55
New Mexico NM25$41+14%$22 – $77
Maryland MD38$41+13%$31 – $49
Idaho ID17$38+5%$23 – $100
Nevada NV19$360%$16 – $62
Arizona AZ34$360%$14 – $86
Massachusetts MA48$360%$16 – $76
New Hampshire NH22$35−2%$23 – $146
Oregon OR47$35−2%$19 – $54
Washington WA67$35−4%$22 – $55
Minnesota MN63$34−6%$21 – $73
Oklahoma OK63$32−11%$12 – $63
Virginia VA71$30−17%$16 – $60
Louisiana LA41$30−18%$14 – $56
North Dakota ND20$29−20%$9 – $41
Wisconsin WI52$28−21%$21 – $43
West Virginia WV42$28−22%$13 – $58
Mississippi MS46$27−24%$15 – $50
Pennsylvania PA116$27−26%$9 – $64
Hawaii HI15$26−28%$16 – $61
Kentucky KY65$25−30%$14 – $58
Alabama AL31$25−30%$10 – $57
Tennessee TN72$25−30%$12 – $72
Ohio OH104$25−31%$13 – $49
Connecticut CT17$24−33%$16 – $40
Arkansas AR34$23−36%$8 – $60
New York NY86$18−49%$8 – $56
Florida FL147$14−60%$8 – $42
California CA112$13−65%$8 – $33
Michigan MI60$11−69%$4 – $28
New Jersey NJ52$6−84%$5 – $30
Rhode Island RI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not 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 $36.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,959$33$12 – $72
Children’s52$27$18 – $57
Critical access708$44$22 – $82
Ownership
For-profit403$45$14 – $189
Government507$42$17 – $74
Non-profit1,809$34$14 – $67
System affiliation
Part of a system2,221$36$14 – $75
Independent506$37$17 – $74

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$61
Median cash price$36
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. 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

1,856 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $36 and the average of the middle 60% is $38; most fall between $15 and $71.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,856 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
$10$18$36$63$103

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($10 vs $103).

Of the 2,045 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,856 gave a usable cash price; 101 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 88 a list price only.

How complete is this

2,727 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (69%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,970 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,727
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here140
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded2
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded100
Hospitals that filed this code2,970

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 July 20, 2026 and September 25, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 25, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Laboratory - Chemistry and Hematology family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as HC Fecal Fat Qualitative.

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.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Stool fat test, simple screen (CPT 82705) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-82705-stool-fat-test-simple-screen