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Giardia Test Using Fluorescent Antibodies

Nevada 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?

$13.49

Typical negotiated rate. In Nevada, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.49 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.33 from a physician practice, and about $15.85 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$9.33$6.17 to $14.79
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.85$13.49 to $19.05

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $16 · 10th to 90th $11 to $49Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $6 to $17
$10$100$1Kfacility $16professional $9

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
$10.72
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$16.22
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$19.05
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$9.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$48.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$19.50
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$22.39
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$4.07
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$17.78

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada· 23rd of 51

$13.49

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.