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Giardia Test Using Fluorescent Antibodies

Colorado 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?

$13.49

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.49 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.96 from a physician practice, and about $33.11 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 7 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$10.96$10.23 to $13.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$33.11$18.20 to $56.23

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $33 · 10th to 90th $10 to $69Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $9 to $15
$10$20$50$100facility $33professional $11

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
$8.51
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$15.14
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$69.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$13.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$35.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$16.22
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$28.18
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$28.84
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$13.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$20.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$12.88

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 34th of 51

$13.49

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.