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Giardia Test Using Fluorescent Antibodies

New Jersey 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?

$15.14

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.14 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.96 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 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$10.96$9.33 to $15.14
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$30.20$17.38 to $66.07

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $30 · 10th to 90th $13 to $135Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $7 to $21
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $30professional $11

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
$25.12
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$21.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$61.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$33.88
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$13.49
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$23,988.33
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$28.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$16.22

Where New Jersey 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 Jersey· 22nd of 51

$15.14

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.