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Breath Sample Collection for Ulcer Bacteria

Michigan 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?

$10.00

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.00 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.91 from a physician practice, and about $19.50 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$8.91$8.32 to $10.96
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.50$13.18 to $24.55

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $10 to $78Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $6 to $16
$5$10$20$50facility $19professional $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
$10.47
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$25.70
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$22.39
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$17.78
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$33.11
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$14.79
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$17.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$10.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$10.96

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 47th of 51

$10.00

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.