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Giardia Stool Antigen Test

South Carolina 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?

$15.14

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.14 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.55 from a physician practice, and about $38.02 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$9.55$9.33 to $12.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$38.02$16.60 to $115

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $38 · 10th to 90th $9 to $158Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $9 to $20
$10$20$50$100$200facility $38professional $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
$9.33
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$12.59
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$21.88
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$141.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$25.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$15.49
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$23.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$14.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$16.60

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 19th of 51

$15.14

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.