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Breath Sample Collection for Ulcer Bacteria

South Carolina 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 South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.96 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.33 from a physician practice, and about $34.67 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$9.33$8.71 to $11.75
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$34.67$16.98 to $56.23

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $35 · 10th to 90th $9 to $295Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $9 to $15
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $35professional $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
$8.71
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$14.79
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$10.96
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$25.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$19.95
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$19.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$13.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$13.18

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 37th 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.