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Irritable Bowel Syndrome Antibody Test

Louisiana 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 July 2026.

How much does Irritable Bowel Syndrome Antibody Test cost?

$135

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $135 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $123 from a physician practice, and about $155 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$123$89.13 to $138
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$155$129 to $288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $155 · 10th to 90th $112 to $407Professionalmedian $123 · 10th to 90th $56 to $145
$50$100$200$500facility $155professional $123

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$144.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$162.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$112.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$120.23

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 2.8 times more in South Dakota 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.

Louisiana· 8th of 51

$135

SD $186KY $67.61

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.