Stool blood test (FOBT) cost in Philadelphia, PA
In Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD, 23 hospitals list a cash price for stool test for hidden blood (guaiac FOBT): from $4.00 to $42.25, with a median of $12.11. The lowest listed price is at Lower Bucks Hospital and 1 other hospital — $8.11 less than the median here. Across Pennsylvania, the median is $20.40 at 96 hospitals.
- The median here, $12.11, is 54% below the US median of $26.48.
- That is 2.8× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($4.38).
- Philadelphia, PA has the lowest median of 2 metro areas in Pennsylvania with at least 10 hospitals pricing this code.
- 5 of 23 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 23 facilities across 20 cities for code 82270, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Oct 26, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 26, 2026 and Sep 21, 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 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Bucks Hospital lowest Bristol, PA · (215) 785-9200 Hc Occult Blood Stool File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $4.00 | $25.00 | $3.47–$20.00 | 84% |
| Roxborough Memorial Hospital lowest Philadelphia, PA · (215) 483-9900 Hc Occult Blood Stool File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $4.00 | $94.76 | $3.47–$91.92 | 96% |
| Virtua West Jersey Hospital - Voorhees Voorhees, NJ · (856) 247-3000 HC Blood Occult Feces+1 more line at this price File of Jun 1, 2026 · source file | $6.50 | $65.00 | $4.20–$66.12 | 90% |
| Virtua West Jersey Hospital - Marlton Voorhees, NJ · (856) 247-3000 HC Blood Occult Feces File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $6.50 | $65.00 | $4.20–$66.12 | 90% |
| Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes Camden, NJ · (856) 886-5373 HC Blood Occult Feces File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $6.50 | $65.00 | $4.20–$66.12 | 90% |
| Virtua Willingboro Hospital Willinboro, NJ · (609) 835-2900 HC Blood Occult Feces File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $6.50 | $65.00 | $4.20–$66.12 | 90% |
| Virtua Memorial Hospital Mount Holly, NJ · (609) 267-0700 HC Blood Occult Feces File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $6.50 | $65.00 | $4.20–$66.12 | 90% |
| Inspira Medical Center Elmer Elmer, NJ · (856) 363-1000 OCCULT BLOOD STOOL NEO SCREEN+1 more line at this price File of Mar 24, 2026 · source file | $11.04 | $11.04 | $2.23–$14.96 | — |
| Inspira Medical Center Mannington Salem, NJ OCCULT BLOOD STOOL NEO SCREEN+1 more line at this price File of Mar 24, 2026 · source file | $11.04 | $11.04 | $1.86–$14.96 | — |
| Inspira Medical Center Mullica Hill Mullica Hill, NJ · (856) 363-1000 OCCULT BLOOD STOOL NEOPLASM SCREEN+1 more line at this price File of Mar 24, 2026 · source file | $11.04 | $11.04 | $2.23–$14.96 | — |
| Inspira Health Center Woodbury Woodbury, NJ OCCULT BLOOD STOOL NEOPLASM SCREEN+1 more line at this price File of Mar 24, 2026 · source file | $11.04 | $11.04 | $2.11–$14.96 | — |
| Holy Redeemer Hospital and Medical Center Meadowbrook, PA · (215) 947-3000 Occult Blood - Stool File of Sep 21, 2026 · source file | $12.11 | $20.17 | $4.38–$7.18 | 40% |
| St Mary Medical Center Langhorne, PA · (215) 750-2003 HC Blood Occult Feces Colorectal Neoplasm Screening Qualitative File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $18.20 | $28.00 | $2.80–$26.60 | 35% |
| Lankenau Medical Center Wynnewood, PA · (610) 645-2000 Hc Occult Bld Stool File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $22.40 | $56.00 | — | 60% |
| Paoli Hospital Paoli, PA · (610) 648-1000 Hc Occult Bld Stool File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $22.40 | $56.00 | — | 60% |
| The Bryn Mawr Hospital Bryn Mawr, PA · (610) 526-3000 Hc Occult Bld Stool File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $22.40 | $56.00 | — | 60% |
| Riddle Memorial Hospital Media, PA · (610) 566-9400 Hc Occult Bld Stool File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $22.40 | $56.00 | — | 60% |
| Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware Wilmington, DE · (302) 651-4000 Blood Occult+1 more line at this price File of Mar 10, 2026 · source file | $24.00 | $24.00 | — | — |
| St. Francis Hospital Wilmington, DE · (302) 421-4100 HC Blood Occult Feces Colorectal Neoplasm Screening Qualitative File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $28.60 | $44.00 | $4.29–$42.24 | 35% |
| Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital Darby, PA · (215) 237-4000 HC Blood Occult Feces Colorectal Neoplasm Screening Qualitative File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $37.70 | $58.00 | $4.37–$58.00 | 35% |
| St Luke's Hospital - Grand View Campus Sellersville, PA · (215) 453-4000 HB OCCULT BLOOD FECES File of Feb 26, 2026 · source file | $41.40 | $46.00 | $4.16–$399.05 | 10% |
| St Luke's Hospital - Upper Bucks Campus Quakertown, PA · (267) 985-1000 HB OCCULT BLOOD FECES File of Feb 26, 2026 · source file | $41.40 | $46.00 | $3.47–$38.10 | 10% |
| Nazareth Hospital Philadelphia, PA · (215) 335-6000 HC Blood Occult Feces Colorectal Neoplasm Screening Qualitative File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $42.25 | $65.00 | $4.38–$473.55 | 35% |
Outpatient: lowest $4.00, median $12.11, highest $42.25 — a 10.6× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 16 facilities here, median $22.40. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 16 of 18 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
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