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Stomach Bacteria Antigen Test

Maine 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 Maine, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.85 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.18 from a physician practice, and about $25.70 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$13.18$11.22 to $15.85
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.70$15.85 to $70.79

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $26 · 10th to 90th $16 to $107Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $9 to $19
$10$20$50$100facility $26professional $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
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$15.85
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$114.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$15.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$36.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$18.20
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$19.50
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$70.79
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$24.55

Where Maine 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.

Maine· 24th 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.