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Breath Sample Collection for Ulcer Bacteria

Alabama rates for HCPCS 78267

Covers collecting the breath samples for a test that looks for the stomach bacterium linked to ulcers. The person swallows a labeled substance, then breathes into a collection container after a set wait. Measuring what is in the sample is billed separately.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Breath Sample Collection for Ulcer Bacteria cost?

$12.59

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.59 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.12 from a physician practice, and about $18.20 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$9.12$7.41 to $12.59
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$18.20$12.59 to $21.38

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $18 · 10th to 90th $13 to $25Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $5 to $13
$5$10$20facility $18professional $9

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
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$16.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$12.59
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$5.50
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$26.92
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$22.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$28.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$21.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$10.96

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.9 times more in Nebraska than in West Virginia. 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.

Alabama· 26th of 51

$12.59

NE $32.36WV $8.32

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.