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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 July 2026.

How much does Giardia Antibody Test cost?

$16.22

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 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 $35.48 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$14.79$13.80 to $21.38
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$35.48$20.42 to $44.67

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $35 · 10th to 90th $13 to $63Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $12 to $44
$10$50$200$1Kfacility $35professional $15

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
$13.49
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$64.57
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$85.11
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$35.48
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$56.23
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$18.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$38.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$38.90
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$7,079.46
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$25.12
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$43.65
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$85.11
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$35.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$21.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$37.15

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 24th of 51

$16.22

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.