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Giardia Test Using Fluorescent Antibodies

Idaho 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?

$15.49

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.49 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.49 from a physician practice, and about $23.99 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$13.49$12.88 to $26.30
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$23.99$13.49 to $38.02

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $24 · 10th to 90th $13 to $52Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $10 to $26
$10$20$50facility $24professional $13

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
$24.55
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$26.30
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$61.66
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$16.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$19.50
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$17.78
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$14.45
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$48.98
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$14.45
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$29.51
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$13.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$19.95

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 18th of 51

$15.49

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.