go back

Giardia Stool Antigen Test

Maine 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?

$15.49

Typical negotiated rate. In Maine, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.49 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.02 from a physician practice, and about $41.69 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$12.02$9.77 to $12.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$41.69$15.49 to $97.72

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $42 · 10th to 90th $12 to $120Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $7 to $15
$5$10$20$50$100facility $42professional $12

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
$30.90
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$14.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$114.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$14.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$16.98
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$14.45
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$125.89
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$20.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$23.44

Where Maine 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.

Maine· 16th of 51

$15.49

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.