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Breath Sample Collection for Ulcer Bacteria

Kansas 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?

$17.78

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.78 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.72 from a physician practice, and about $21.88 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$10.72$9.55 to $27.54
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$21.88$16.60 to $25.70

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $22 · 10th to 90th $11 to $46Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $7 to $28
$5$10$20$50$100facility $22professional $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
$16.60
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$15.85
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$27.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$43.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$19.05
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$16.60
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$181.97
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$17.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$16.60

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 7th of 51

$17.78

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.