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Giardia Stool Antigen Test

Iowa 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?

$23.44

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $23.44 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $17.38 from a physician practice, and about $28.18 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$17.38$10.96 to $69.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$28.18$17.78 to $79.43

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28 · 10th to 90th $12 to $105Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $9 to $76
$10$20$50$100facility $28professional $17

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
$12.02
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$75.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$28.18
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$83.18
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$57.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$31.62
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$15.85
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$14.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$27.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$30.20
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 5th of 51

$23.44

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.