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Giardia Test Using Fluorescent Antibodies

Arizona 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 October 2026.

How much does Giardia Test Using Fluorescent Antibodies cost?

$11.22

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11.22 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.41 from a physician practice, and about $26.92 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$7.41$6.92 to $9.77
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$26.92$13.18 to $39.81

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $27 · 10th to 90th $9 to $62Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $6 to $16
$10$20$50facility $27professional $7

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
$10.47
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$9.12
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$8.91
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$52.48
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$16.22
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$38.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$20.42
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$79.43
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$10.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$13.80
2 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
$4.57
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$4.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$1.82
Typical High
$1.82

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 4.6 times more in Vermont than in New Jersey. 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.

Arizona· 36th of 51

$11.22

VT $43.65NJ $9.55

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.