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Breath Sample Collection for Ulcer Bacteria

New Mexico 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?

$19.95

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.95 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.32 from a physician practice, and about $58.88 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 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$8.32$8.32 to $60.26
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$58.88$24.55 to $95.50

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $59 · 10th to 90th $16 to $112Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $5 to $63
$10$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $59professional $8

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
$15.85
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$63.10
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$120.23
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$10.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$60.26
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$25.70
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$20.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$25.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$4.79

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 4th of 51

$19.95

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.