Lab tests CPT 82270 Outpatient

Stool blood test (FOBT) cost in Allentown, PA

In Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ, 1 hospital lists a cash price for stool test for hidden blood (guaiac FOBT): from $5.04 to $5.04, with a median of $5.04. Across Pennsylvania, the median is $20.40 at 58 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 82270, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$5.04Hackettstown Medical Center
Median$5.04half pay less
Highest$5.04in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ.

median
Lowest $5.04Highest $36.57

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Hackettstown Medical Center lowest Hackettstown, NJ · (908) 852-5100 Blood Occult Quiac Ca Screen Feces $5.04 $107.00 — 95% —
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Hackettstown Medical Center Hackettstown, NJ · (908) 852-5100 Blood Occult Quiac Ca Screen Feces $36.57 $482.00 — 92% —
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Outpatient: lowest $5.04, median $5.04, highest $5.04.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $5.04. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

What it is

This stool test looks for hidden blood using a chemical reaction, as a screening test for colon cancer. It uses samples from three bowel movements.

What the price covers

The price usually covers the kit and testing the samples.