Stool blood test (FOBT) cost in Cincinnati, OH
In Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN, 13 hospitals list a cash price for stool test for hidden blood (guaiac FOBT): from $7.40 to $37.00, with a median of $31.80. The lowest listed price is at Bethesda North — $24.40 less than the median here. Across Ohio, the median is $28.80 at 119 hospitals.
- The median here, $31.80, is 20% above the US median of $26.48.
- That is 7.3× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($4.38).
- Cincinnati, OH has the lowest median of 3 metro areas in Ohio with at least 10 hospitals pricing this code.
- 1 of 13 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 13 facilities across 8 cities for code 82270, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Jul 1, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bethesda North lowest Cincinnati, OH · (513) 865-1111 HC Hemoccult File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $7.40 | $9.86 | — | 25% |
| Fort Hamilton Hospital Hamilton, OH · (513) 867-2123 Hc Hemoccult Screen 1-3 Spec+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $8.80 | $22.00 | — | 60% |
| The Good Samaritan Hospital of Cincinnati, OH Cincinnati, OH · (513) 862-2601 HC Hemoccult File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $13.47 | $17.96 | — | 25% |
| McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital Oxford, OH · (513) 523-2111 HC Hemoccult File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $13.47 | $17.96 | — | 25% |
| West Chester Hospital West Chester, OH · (513) 298-7701 Hc Occult Blood Stool Screening File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file | $28.80 | $48.00 | — | 40% |
| University of Cincinnati Medical Center Cincinnati, OH · (513) 584-1000 Hc Occult Blood Stool Screening File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file | $28.80 | $48.00 | — | 40% |
| Mercy Health Kings Mills Hospital Mason, OH · (513) 637-9999 HC Blood Occult Peroxidase Actv Qual Feces 1 Deter File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $31.80 | $53.00 | — | 40% |
| The Jewish Hospital-Mercy Health Cincinnati, OH · (513) 686-3000 HC Blood Occult Peroxidase Actv Qual Feces 1 Deter File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $31.80 | $53.00 | — | 40% |
| Mercy Health West Hospital Cincinnati, OH · (513) 215-5000 HC Blood Occult Peroxidase Actv Qual Feces 1 Deter File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $31.80 | $53.00 | — | 40% |
| Mercy Health Clermont Hospital Batavia, OH · (513) 732-8278 HC Blood Occult Peroxidase Actv Qual Feces 1 Deter File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $31.80 | $53.00 | — | 40% |
| Mercy Health Fairfield Hospital Fairfield, OH · (513) 870-7000 HC Blood Occult Peroxidase Actv Qual Feces 1 Deter File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $31.80 | $53.00 | — | 40% |
| Mercy Health Anderson Hospital Cincinnati, OH · (513) 624-4500 HC Blood Occult Peroxidase Actv Qual Feces 1 Deter File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $31.80 | $53.00 | — | 40% |
| Atrium Medical Center Middletown, OH · (513) 420-5102 HC OCCULT BLOOD FECES File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $37.00 | $37.00 | — | — |
| Atrium Medical Center Middletown, OH · (513) 420-5102 HC FECAL OCCULT BLD 1-3 DET - SCREENING File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $42.00 | $42.00 | — | — |
Outpatient: lowest $7.40, median $31.80, highest $37.00 — a 5.0× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 11 facilities here, median $31.80. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
What stool blood test (FOBT) is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Stool blood test (FOBT) explained.