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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 October 2026.

How much does Giardia Test Using Fluorescent Antibodies cost?

$12.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.30 from a physician practice, and about $20.42 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$12.30$8.71 to $13.49
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$20.42$15.14 to $26.92

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $13 to $37Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $6 to $16
$10$20$50facility $20professional $12

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
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$13.18
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$37.15
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$13.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$35.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$19.50
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$27.54
Pacific Source
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$15.14
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$37.15
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$16.22
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$37.15
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$13.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$15.14
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$24.55
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$6.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$2.57
Typical High
$2.63

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 28th of 51

$12.88

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.