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Breath Sample Collection for Ulcer Bacteria

Georgia 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?

$13.80

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.80 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.96 from a physician practice, and about $14.79 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 7 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$10.96$7.41 to $17.38
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$14.79$10.96 to $30.90

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $9 to $50Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $4 to $25
$5$10$20$50facility $15professional $11

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
$7.41
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$30.90
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$5.50
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$40.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$18.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$33.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$29.51
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$32.36
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$16.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$27.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$15.14

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 19th of 51

$13.80

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.