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Giardia Test Using Fluorescent Antibodies

Nebraska 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?

$20.89

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $20.89 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.77 from a physician practice, and about $36.31 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 6 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$9.77$8.91 to $32.36
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$36.31$16.22 to $100

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $36 · 10th to 90th $9 to $145Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $8 to $89
$5$10$20$50$100facility $36professional $10

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
$26.92
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$89.13
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$87.10
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$22.39
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$32.36
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$79.43
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$15.14
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$28.18
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$14.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$13.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$26.92

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 3rd of 51

$20.89

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.