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Giardia Stool Antigen Test

Georgia 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 Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.02 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.47 from a physician practice, and about $18.62 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 8 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$10.47$7.94 to $16.60
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$18.62$13.49 to $39.81

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $10 to $112Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $6 to $25
$5$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $19professional $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
$10.72
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$25.70
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$17.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$21.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$22.39
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$9.12
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$12.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$37.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$25.12
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$44.67
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$87.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$14.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$16.60

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 33rd 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.