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Stomach Bacteria Antigen Test

Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.85 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.85 from a physician practice, and about $31.62 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 8 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$15.85$13.18 to $23.99
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$31.62$19.95 to $45.71

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $32 · 10th to 90th $12 to $55Professionalmedian $16 · 10th to 90th $11 to $40
$10$50$200$1Kfacility $32professional $16

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
$10.96
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$51.29
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$123.03
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$38.90
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$47.86
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$33.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$41.69
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$7,079.46
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$26.92
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$35.48
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$123.03
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$38.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$19.05
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$36.31

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 23rd 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.