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Giardia Test Using Fluorescent Antibodies

Washington 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 Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.14 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.88 from a physician practice, and about $21.38 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 9 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$12.88$12.30 to $16.22
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$21.38$14.45 to $28.84

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $21 · 10th to 90th $13 to $56Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $9 to $22
$10$20$50$100facility $21professional $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
$12.88
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$89.13
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$37.15
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$13.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$38.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$20.89
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$64.57
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$27.54
Pacific Source
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$16.98
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$37.15
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$16.22
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$37.15
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$13.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$16.60
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$24.55

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 19th 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.