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Giardia Antibody Test

Massachusetts 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 October 2026.

How much does Giardia Antibody Test cost?

$16.22

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.22 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.79 from a physician practice, and about $20.89 from a hospital or other facility.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$14.79$12.02 to $21.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$20.89$14.79 to $35.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $21 · 10th to 90th $13 to $51Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $6 to $41
$10$100$1Kfacility $21professional $15

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$16.22
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$45.71
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$37.15
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$56.23
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$18.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$38.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$57.54
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$4,897.79
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$24.55
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$57.54
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$45.71
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$37.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$17.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$30.90
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$25.70
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$17.78
3 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$8.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$3.24
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$22.91

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Alaska 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.

Massachusetts· 19th of 51

$16.22

AK $33.11MD $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.