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Giardia Stool Antigen Test

New Jersey 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 New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.02 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.23 from a physician practice, and about $32.36 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$10.23$8.51 to $11.22
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$32.36$16.60 to $69.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $32 · 10th to 90th $12 to $107Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $6 to $14
$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $32professional $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
$12.02
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$13.80
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$8.32
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$54.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$33.88
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$13.49
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$23,988.33
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$12.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$25.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$16.22

Where New Jersey sits

The same service costs 7.4 times more in West Virginia than in Washington, DC. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

New Jersey $12.02 · 40th of 51
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.