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Breath Sample Collection for Ulcer Bacteria

Virginia 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?

$12.02

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.02 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.96 from a physician practice, and about $13.80 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 8 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$10.96$9.33 to $16.98
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$13.80$10.96 to $26.92

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14 · 10th to 90th $11 to $56Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $8 to $28
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $14professional $11

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
$9.33
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$32.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$21.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$17.38
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$18.20
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.80
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$17.38
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$19.95
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$17.38
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$10,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$25.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$8.32

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 31st of 51

$12.02

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.