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Breath Sample Collection for Ulcer Bacteria

Nevada 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?

$12.59

Typical negotiated rate. In Nevada, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.59 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.00 from a physician practice, and about $26.30 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$10.00$8.71 to $25.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$26.30$9.33 to $58.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $26 · 10th to 90th $9 to $83Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $5 to $63
$0.1$0.5$2$10$50facility $26professional $10

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
$8.71
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$63.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$26.30
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$4.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$61.66
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.09
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$30.20
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.09
Median
$0.09
Typical High
$0.09
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$10.96
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$25.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$30.90

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada· 27th of 51

$12.59

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.