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Giardia Stool Antigen Test

North Dakota 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?

$21.38

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $21.38 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.50 from a physician practice, and about $57.54 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 5 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$19.50$10.72 to $36.31
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$57.54$21.38 to $75.86

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $58 · 10th to 90th $8 to $78Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $10 to $66
$10$20$50facility $58professional $19

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
$8.32
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$81.28
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$17.38
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$61.66
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$19.50

Where North Dakota 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.

North Dakota· 7th of 51

$21.38

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.