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Giardia Test Using Fluorescent Antibodies

Kansas 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?

$38.02

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $38.02 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.49 from a physician practice, and about $40.74 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$13.49$8.13 to $21.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$40.74$38.90 to $57.54

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $41 · 10th to 90th $19 to $60Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $8 to $28
$10$20$50facility $41professional $13

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
$13.49
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$14.45
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$60.26
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$21.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$30.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$40.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$32.36
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$24.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$13.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$28.18
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
$5.89
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$7.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$2.88

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 2nd of 51

$38.02

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.