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Giardia Stool Antigen Test

Kentucky 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?

$10.96

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.96 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.23 from a physician practice, and about $43.65 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 6 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$8.32 to $12.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$43.65$12.88 to $77.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $44 · 10th to 90th $10 to $123Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $6 to $17
$10$20$50$100$200facility $44professional $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
$9.77
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$16.60
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.59
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$17.38
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.60
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$19.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$28.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$36.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$16.60

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 44th of 51

$10.96

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.