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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 July 2026.

How much does Giardia Test Using Fluorescent Antibodies cost?

$14.45

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.45 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.75 from a physician practice, and about $31.62 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 5 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$11.75$11.75 to $15.14
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$31.62$14.79 to $40.74

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $32 · 10th to 90th $13 to $60Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $10 to $22
$10$20$50facility $32professional $12

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
$14.13
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$15.14
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$60.26
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$21.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$30.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$40.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$25.70
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$21.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$16.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$23.99

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 27th of 51

$14.45

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.