Stool blood test (FOBT) cost in Virginia Beach, VA
In Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC, 10 hospitals list a cash price for stool test for hidden blood (guaiac FOBT): from $15.11 to $31.90, with a median of $23.00. The lowest listed price is at Riverside Smithfield Hospital — $7.89 less than the median here. Across Virginia, the median is $23.00 at 45 hospitals.
- The median here, $23.00, is 13% below the US median of $26.48.
- That is 5.3× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($4.38).
- Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.
Cash prices at 10 facilities across 7 cities for code 82270, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Oct 16, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 11, 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 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside Smithfield Hospital lowest Smithfield, VA POCT Blood Occult+1 more line at this price File of Mar 11, 2026 · source file | $15.11 | $30.22 | — | 50% |
| Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital Virginia Beach, VA · (757) 395-8000 Chgl Occult Blood Stool - Screen+2 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $23.00 | $46.00 | — | 50% |
| Sentara Leigh Hospital Norfolk, VA · (757) 261-6700 Chgl Stool Occult Blood X 3+2 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $23.00 | $46.00 | — | 50% |
| Hospital for Extended Recovery Norfolk, VA · (757) 388-3000 Chgl Stool Occult Blood X 3+2 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $23.00 | $46.00 | — | 50% |
| Sentara Princess Anne Hospital Virginia Beach, VA · (757) 507-1520 Chgl Stool Occult Blood X 3+2 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $23.00 | $46.00 | — | 50% |
| Sentara Norfolk General Hospital Norfolk, VA · (757) 388-3000 Chgl Stool Occult Blood X 3+2 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $23.00 | $46.00 | — | 50% |
| Sentara Careplex Hospital Hampton, VA · (757) 827-2545 Chgl Stool Occult Blood X 3+2 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $23.00 | $46.00 | — | 50% |
| Bon Secours Maryview Medical Center Portsmouth, VA · (757) 398-2200 HC Blood Occult Peroxidase Actv Qual Feces 1 Deter File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $30.00 | $50.00 | — | 40% |
| Bon Secours Harbour View Medical Center Suffolk, VA · (757) 673-5917 HC Blood Occult Peroxidase Actv Qual Feces 1 Deter File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $30.00 | $50.00 | — | 40% |
| Chesapeake General Hospital Chesapeake, VA · (757) 312-8121 Hc Blood Occult Peroxidase Actv Qual Feces 1 Deter+1 more line at this price File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file | $31.90 | $53.16 | — | 40% |
Outpatient: lowest $15.11, median $23.00, highest $31.90 — a 2.1× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 9 facilities here, median $23.00. 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.