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Breath Sample Collection for Ulcer Bacteria

Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.96 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.47 from a physician practice, and about $13.18 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 5 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$10.47$8.13 to $10.96
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$13.18$11.48 to $18.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $8 to $65Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $5 to $11
$5$20$100$500facility $13professional $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
$8.32
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$10.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$47.86
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$1,380.38
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$17.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$15.14
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$7.24

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 38th 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.