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Stomach Bacteria Antigen Test

Alabama rates for HCPCS 87339

A laboratory test that detects material from Helicobacter pylori, a bacterium that lives in the stomach lining and causes ulcers and inflammation, using an antibody-based method with a color-producing marker. A positive result means the bacterium is present, and treatment with antibiotics is usually offered. It gives a faster answer than growing the organism in culture.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Stomach Bacteria Antigen Test cost?

$14.45

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.45 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.30 from a physician practice, and about $15.85 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 4 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$12.30$10.72 to $18.20
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.85$12.30 to $18.20

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $16 · 10th to 90th $10 to $27Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $10 to $18
$10$20$50$100facility $16professional $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
$15.85
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$18.20
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$15.85
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$11.22
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$42.66
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$15.85
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$16.60

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 2.3 times more in Wyoming than in Connecticut. 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.

Alabama· 35th of 51

$14.45

WY $25.12CT $10.96

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.