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Breath Sample Collection for Ulcer Bacteria

Minnesota 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?

$10.96

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.96 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.96 from a physician practice, and about $30.20 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$10.96$10.47 to $15.85
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$30.20$10.96 to $45.71

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $30 · 10th to 90th $11 to $81Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $9 to $22
$10$20$50$100$200facility $30professional $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
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$15.14
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$67.61
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$10.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$32.36
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$81.28
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$24.55
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$30.20
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$69.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$13.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$23.44

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 34th of 51

$10.96

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.