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Giardia Test Using Fluorescent Antibodies

Alabama rates for HCPCS 87269

A laboratory test on a stool sample that looks for giardia, a parasite picked up from contaminated water or food that causes prolonged diarrhea, cramping and bloating. Antibodies carrying a fluorescent dye are mixed with the sample, and the parasite glows under a special microscope if it is present.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Giardia Test Using Fluorescent Antibodies cost?

$14.45

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.45 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.14 from a physician practice, and about $13.49 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$15.14$9.77 to $15.49
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$13.49$11.48 to $15.49

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $10 to $20Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $9 to $16
$10$20facility $13professional $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
$15.49
Typical High
$20.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$16.22
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$15.85
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$11.22
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$43.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$42.66
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$15.14
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$16.60

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 2.6 times more in South Dakota than in Washington, DC. 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· 28th of 51

$14.45

SD $26.30DC $10.23

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.