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Giardia Antibody Test

Montana 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?

$20.42

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $20.42 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $18.20 from a physician practice, and about $21.88 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 5 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$18.20$16.98 to $44.67
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$21.88$18.20 to $28.84

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $22 · 10th to 90th $15 to $47Professionalmedian $18 · 10th to 90th $10 to $98
$10$20$50$100facility $22professional $18

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$21.38
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$45.71
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$45.71
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$83.18
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$21.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$14.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$20.42

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 9th of 51

$20.42

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.