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Breath Sample Collection for Ulcer Bacteria

Illinois 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?

$10.23

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.23 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.12 from a physician practice, and about $17.78 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 6 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$8.51 to $12.30
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$17.78$12.59 to $26.92

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $18 · 10th to 90th $9 to $47Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $7 to $19
$5$10$20$50$100facility $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
$9.12
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$18.20
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$7.41
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$138.04
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$8.51
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$43.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$18.62
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$91.20
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$14.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$13.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$11.75

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 44th of 51

$10.23

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.