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Stomach Bacteria Test With Resistance

Florida rates for HCPCS 0008U

Tests a sample from the digestive tract for the bacterium that causes stomach ulcers and reads its genetic material to work out which antibiotics it is likely to resist. That lets the clinician pick a treatment combination that stands a good chance of clearing the infection first time.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Stomach Bacteria Test With Resistance cost?

$389

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $389 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $355 from a physician practice, and about $1,096 from a hospital or other facility.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$355$251 to $447
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,096$977 to $1,096

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $501 to $1,096Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $209 to $603
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,096professional $355

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,202.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$97.72
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$2,884.03
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$512.86
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$131.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$794.33
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$602.56
1 more rate with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$524.81

Where Florida sits

The same service costs 5.5 times more in Texas than in New Mexico. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Florida· 48th of 51

$389

TX $1,950NM $355

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.