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Giardia Stool Antigen Test

Utah 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?

$13.80

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.80 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.72 from a physician practice, and about $93.33 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$10.72$10.23 to $12.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$93.33$56.23 to $141

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $93 · 10th to 90th $15 to $158Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $9 to $15
$10$20$50$100facility $93professional $11

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
$16.60
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$15.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$33.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$22.91
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$53.70
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.72
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.32
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$15.49
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$17.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$7.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$16.60

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 23rd of 51

$13.80

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.