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Giardia Antibody Test

Alabama rates for HCPCS 86674

Looks for antibodies the immune system makes against Giardia, a microscopic parasite picked up from contaminated water, food, or close contact. Giardia infection causes long-running watery diarrhea, cramping, bloating, and weight loss. Antibodies show that the body has met the parasite.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Giardia Antibody Test cost?

$15.49

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.49 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.80 from a physician practice, and about $16.98 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 4 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$13.80$11.48 to $16.98
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$16.98$14.79 to $18.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $13 to $23Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $10 to $17
$10$20facility $17professional $14

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
$14.79
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$16.98
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$22.91
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$14.45
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$47.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$52.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$18.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$20.42

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 2.4 times more in Hawaii than in Maryland. 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.

Alabama· 26th of 51

$15.49

HI $26.30MD $10.96

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.