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Breath Sample Collection for Ulcer Bacteria

Massachusetts 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?

$15.14

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.14 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.96 from a physician practice, and about $25.12 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 8 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$9.33 to $21.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.12$15.14 to $31.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $25 · 10th to 90th $9 to $36Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $7 to $30
$10$50$200$1Kfacility $25professional $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
$25.70
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$33.88
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$34.67
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$33.88
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$33.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$8.71
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$9,772.37
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$18.62
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$25.12
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$34.67
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$33.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$17.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$30.20

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 13th of 51

$15.14

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.