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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 October 2026.

How much does Giardia Test Using Fluorescent Antibodies cost?

$14.45

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.45 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.47 from a physician practice, and about $39.81 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$10.47$9.33 to $13.49
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$39.81$24.55 to $46.77

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $40 · 10th to 90th $10 to $62Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $7 to $26
$10$20$50$100facility $40professional $10

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
$28.84
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$13.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$61.66
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$28.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$41.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$19.50
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$24.55
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$52.48
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$28.84
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$13.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$10.00
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
$5.01
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$6.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$2.69

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 20th of 51

$14.45

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.