Lab tests CPT 83993 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Calprotectin test cost in Portland, OR — inpatient

In Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA, 11 hospitals list a cash price for fecal calprotectin (stool inflammation test) as an inpatient: from $69.78 to $395.85, with a median of $79.05. The lowest listed price is at Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center — $9.27 less than the median here. Across Oregon, the median is $96.08 at 38 hospitals.

Cash prices at 11 facilities across 9 cities for code 83993, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$69.78Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center
Median$79.05half pay less
Highest$395.85in this market
Difference5.7×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 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA.

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Lowest $69.78Highest $395.85

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center lowest Vancouver, WA HC FECAL CALPROTECTION $69.78 $107.36 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Providence Health and Services - Oregon Oregon City, OR HC ASSAY OF CALPROTECTIN FECAL CDM $74.25 $99.00 — 25% Apr 1, 2026
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Providence Health and Services - Oregon Newberg, OR HC ASSAY OF CALPROTECTIN FECAL CDM $74.25 $99.00 — 25% Apr 1, 2026
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Providence Health and Services - Oregon Milwaukie, OR HC ASSAY OF CALPROTECTIN FECAL CDM $74.25 $99.00 — 25% Apr 1, 2026
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Providence Health and Services - Oregon Portland, OR HC ASSAY OF CALPROTECTIN FECAL CDM $74.25 $99.00 — 25% Apr 1, 2026
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Providence Health and Services - Oregon Portland, OR HC ASSAY OF CALPROTECTIN FECAL CDM $74.25 $99.00 — 25% Apr 1, 2026
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Westside Hillsboro, OR ASSAY OF CALPROTECTIN FECAL $79.05 $93.00 $24.00–$77.42 15% —
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Kaiser Sunnyside Medical Center Clackamas, OR ASSAY OF CALPROTECTIN FECAL $79.05 $93.00 $24.00–$77.42 15% —
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Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center Gresham, OR HC FECAL CALPROTECTION $395.85 $609.00 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Legacy Emanuel Medical Center Portland, OR HC FECAL CALPROTECTION $395.85 $609.00 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Legacy Emanuel Medical Center Portland, OR HC FECAL CALPROTECTION $395.85 $609.00 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Legacy Emanuel Medical Center Portland, OR HC FECAL CALPROTECTION $395.85 $609.00 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center Portland, OR HC FECAL CALPROTECTION $395.85 $609.00 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center Portland, OR HC FECAL CALPROTECTION $395.85 $609.00 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Legacy Meridian Park Medical Center Tualatin, OR HC FECAL CALPROTECTION $395.85 $609.00 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $69.78, median $79.05, highest $395.85 — a 5.7× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 15 facilities here, median $107.86 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 0 of 2 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.

What it is

Fecal calprotectin measures a protein released by inflamed bowel. It helps tell inflammatory bowel disease from irritable bowel syndrome.

What the price covers

The price usually covers running the stool test; the collection kit is often included.

8 rows held back from this comparison

They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 83993 ($142.17). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.

Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center Vancouver, WACHG ASSAY OF CALPROTECTIN FECAL $13.88 file
Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center Portland, ORCHG ASSAY OF CALPROTECTIN FECAL $13.88 file
Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center Portland, ORCHG ASSAY OF CALPROTECTIN FECAL $13.88 file
Legacy Emanuel Medical Center Portland, ORCHG ASSAY OF CALPROTECTIN FECAL $13.88 file
Legacy Emanuel Medical Center Portland, ORCHG ASSAY OF CALPROTECTIN FECAL $13.88 file
Legacy Emanuel Medical Center Portland, ORCHG ASSAY OF CALPROTECTIN FECAL $13.88 file
Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center Gresham, ORCHG ASSAY OF CALPROTECTIN FECAL $13.88 file
Legacy Meridian Park Medical Center Tualatin, ORCHG ASSAY OF CALPROTECTIN FECAL $13.88 file