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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 July 2026.

How much does Giardia Test Using Fluorescent Antibodies cost?

$11.48

Typical negotiated rate. In Nevada, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11.48 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.96 from a physician practice, and about $22.39 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$10.96$10.23 to $15.14
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$22.39$11.48 to $57.54

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $22 · 10th to 90th $11 to $72Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $9 to $16
$5$10$20$50$100facility $22professional $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
$10.72
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$16.22
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$32.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$10.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$40.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$19.50
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.14
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$22.39
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$4.07
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$13.49
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$16.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$20.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$30.90

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada· 44th of 51

$11.48

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.