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Breath Sample Collection for Ulcer Bacteria

Washington, DC 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?

$10.47

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.47 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.32 from a physician practice, and about $39.81 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$8.32$8.32 to $10.47
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$39.81$28.84 to $39.81

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $40 · 10th to 90th $8 to $74Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $8 to $40
$5$10$20$50$100facility $40professional $8

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
$8.32
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.32
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$22.39
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$13.49

Where Washington, DC 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.

Washington, DC· 42nd of 51

$10.47

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.