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Giardia Test Using Fluorescent Antibodies

New Hampshire 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?

$21.88

Typical negotiated rate. In New Hampshire, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $21.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.18 from a physician practice, and about $44.67 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$13.18$8.91 to $25.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$44.67$25.70 to $77.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $45 · 10th to 90th $22 to $95Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $8 to $51
$10$20$50$100facility $45professional $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
$19.05
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$51.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$77.62
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$26.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$39.81
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$45.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$33.88

Where New Hampshire 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.

New Hampshire· 2nd of 51

$21.88

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.