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Giardia Antibody Test

Minnesota 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?

$14.79

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.79 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.79 from a physician practice, and about $14.79 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 6 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 $17.78
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$14.79$13.80 to $46.77

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $14 to $85Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $10 to $28
$10$20$50$100facility $15professional $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
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$13.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$17.78
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$91.20
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$14.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$28.84
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$107.15
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$28.18
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$85.11
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$31.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$17.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$34.67
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$6.92
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$2.75
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$8.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$3.55

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 24th of 51

$14.79

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.