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Irritable Bowel Syndrome Antibody Test

Georgia rates for HCPCS 0164U

Helps tell whether a person's bowel symptoms are due to irritable bowel syndrome. It measures two antibodies in blood plasma, one against the bacterial toxin CdtB and one against vinculin, a protein in the gut wall, and interprets them against thresholds set for IBS.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Irritable Bowel Syndrome Antibody Test cost?

$67.61

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $67.61 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $56.23 from a physician practice, and about $123 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$56.23$6.92 to $112
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$123$74.13 to $151

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $123 · 10th to 90th $28 to $245Professionalmedian $56 · 10th to 90th $4 to $112
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $123professional $56

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
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$107.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$151.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$112.20
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$169.82
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$144.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$234.42
3 more rates 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
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$21.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$218.78

Where Georgia sits

The same service costs 15.5 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. 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.

Georgia· 43rd of 51

$67.61

AK $214KY $13.80

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.