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Irritable Bowel Syndrome Antibody Test

Nebraska 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?

$112

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $112 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $85.11 from a physician practice, and about $269 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 5 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$85.11$67.61 to $174
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$269$79.43 to $355

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $269 · 10th to 90th $68 to $537Professionalmedian $85 · 10th to 90th $65 to $214
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $269professional $85

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
$79.43
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$549.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$269.15
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$537.03
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$123.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$112.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$223.87

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 17th of 51

$112

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.