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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 October 2026.

How much does Giardia Test Using Fluorescent Antibodies cost?

$9.77

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.77 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.13 from a physician practice, and about $35.48 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$8.13$8.13 to $13.49
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$35.48$24.55 to $48.98

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $35 · 10th to 90th $8 to $79Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $8 to $31
$5$10$20$50$100facility $35professional $8

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
$8.91
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$13.49
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$32.36
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$79.43
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$46.77
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$25.12
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$14.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$8.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$26.92

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 50th of 51

$9.77

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.