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Giardia Test Using Fluorescent Antibodies

Massachusetts 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?

$16.22

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.22 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.49 from a physician practice, and about $30.20 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 9 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$13.49$12.88 to $16.98
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$30.20$21.88 to $46.77

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $30 · 10th to 90th $13 to $123Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $11 to $34
$10$20$50$100facility $30professional $13

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
$13.49
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$51.29
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$79.43
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$33.11
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$46.77
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$14.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$30.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$35.48
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$7,079.46
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$22.91
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$34.67
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$177.83
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$79.43
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$17.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$30.90

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 15th of 51

$16.22

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.