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Giardia Stool Antigen Test

Colorado rates for HCPCS 87329

This laboratory test checks a stool sample for antigens from Giardia lamblia, a parasite that can cause diarrhea and digestive symptoms after being picked up from contaminated water or food. It offers a faster and often more sensitive way to detect this parasite than examining the stool under a microscope.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Giardia Stool Antigen Test cost?

$12.02

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.02 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.23 from a physician practice, and about $32.36 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 7 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$10.23$9.12 to $11.22
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$32.36$15.85 to $54.95

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $32 · 10th to 90th $9 to $89Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $8 to $12
$10$20$50$100facility $32professional $10

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
$9.12
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$12.02
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$60.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$31.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$14.45
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$24.55
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$25.12
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$12.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$17.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$11.22

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 7.4 times more in West Virginia 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.

Colorado· 37th of 51

$12.02

WV $66.07DC $8.91

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.