Lab tests CPT 82270 Outpatient

Stool blood test (FOBT) cost in Kalispell, MT

In Kalispell, MT, 2 hospitals list a cash price for stool test for hidden blood (guaiac FOBT): from $5.85 to $25.84, with a median of $15.85. The lowest listed price is at Logan Health Medical Center — $10.00 less than the median here. Across Montana, the median is $32.55 at 18 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 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 Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$5.85Logan Health Medical Center
Median$15.85half pay less
Highest$25.84in this market
Difference4.4×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 Kalispell, MT.

median
Lowest $5.85Highest $59.96

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Logan Health Medical Center lowest Kalispell, MT · (406) 752-5111 HEMOCCULT $5.85 $9.00 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Logan Health - Whitefish Whitefish, MT · (406) 863-3550 HEMOCCULT $25.84 $39.75 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Logan Health Medical Center Kalispell, MT · (406) 752-5111 MICRO-OCCULT BLOOD/SCR $59.96 $92.25 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $5.85, median $15.85, highest $25.84 — a 4.4× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $15.85. 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.