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Breath Sample Collection for Ulcer Bacteria

New Jersey 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 New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.96 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.12 from a physician practice, and about $27.54 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$8.32 to $10.96
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$27.54$20.42 to $36.31

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28 · 10th to 90th $17 to $72Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $6 to $24
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $28professional $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
$19.95
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$23.99
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$5.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$58.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$12.30
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$13.80
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$14,791.08
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$12.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$31.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$10.96

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 35th 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.