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Giardia Test Using Fluorescent Antibodies

Georgia 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?

$12.59

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.59 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.22 from a physician practice, and about $17.38 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 6 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$11.22$9.12 to $15.14
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$17.38$12.30 to $21.38

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $11 to $30Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $6 to $23
$5$10$20$50facility $17professional $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
$10.96
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$23.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$21.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$22.39
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$41.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$25.12
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$44.67
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$14.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$16.98

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 39th of 51

$12.59

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.