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Giardia Test Using Fluorescent Antibodies

Indiana 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 Indiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.47 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.71 from a physician practice, and about $13.49 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$8.71$5.75 to $13.49
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$13.49$12.30 to $31.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $11 to $41Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $6 to $22
$10$50$200$1Kfacility $13professional $9

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
$20.42
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$45.71
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$40.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$17.38
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$16.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$30.20
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$2,187.76
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$12.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$16.60
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
$5.13
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$9.12

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 47th 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.