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Stomach Bacteria Antigen Test

Colorado 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?

$15.85

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.85 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.30 from a physician practice, and about $42.66 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$12.30$12.02 to $13.49
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$42.66$21.38 to $67.61

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $43 · 10th to 90th $12 to $81Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $10 to $16
$10$20$50$100facility $43professional $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
$10.00
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$15.14
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$81.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$15.85
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$41.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$19.05
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$29.51
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$33.88
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$15.85
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$15.85

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 27th of 51

$15.85

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.