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Giardia Test Using Fluorescent Antibodies

Illinois 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?

$10.47

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.47 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.47 from a physician practice, and about $27.54 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$10.47$8.51 to $10.96
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$27.54$18.20 to $41.69

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28 · 10th to 90th $14 to $69Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $3 to $18
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $28professional $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
$11.22
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$13.49
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$131.83
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$23.44
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$61.66
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$17.78
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$16.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$16.60
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$8.32
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$6.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$2.69

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 46th of 51

$10.47

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.