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Giardia Test Using Fluorescent Antibodies

Kentucky 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 Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.45 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.14 from a physician practice, and about $13.49 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$15.14$10.96 to $16.22
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$13.49$11.22 to $19.95

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $11 to $32Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $9 to $19
$10$20$50facility $13professional $15

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
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$18.62
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$14.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$17.38
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$19.05
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$16.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$16.60

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 26th 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.