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Stomach Bacteria Antigen Test

Georgia 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?

$13.80

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.80 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.88 from a physician practice, and about $18.20 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$12.88$10.72 to $15.49
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$18.20$14.13 to $22.39

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $18 · 10th to 90th $13 to $30Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $6 to $25
$5$10$20$50facility $18professional $13

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
$12.88
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$29.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$28.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$22.39
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$23.99
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$48.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$25.12
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$44.67
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$15.85
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$25.12

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 37th of 51

$13.80

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.