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Giardia Test Using Fluorescent Antibodies

South Dakota 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?

$26.30

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $26.30 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $20.42 from a physician practice, and about $26.30 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$20.42$10.72 to $32.36
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$26.30$26.30 to $26.30

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $26 · 10th to 90th $15 to $58Professionalmedian $20 · 10th to 90th $9 to $33
$10$20$50facility $26professional $20

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
$9.55
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$12.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$26.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$32.36
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$58.88
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$16.60
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$37.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$17.78
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$13.49

Where South Dakota 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.

South Dakota· 1st of 51

$26.30

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.