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Stomach Bacteria Antigen Test

Mississippi 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?

$18.20

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.98 from a physician practice, and about $20.89 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$16.98$12.02 to $28.84
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$20.89$15.85 to $28.84

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $21 · 10th to 90th $14 to $145Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $10 to $32
$10$20$50$100facility $21professional $17

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
$16.98
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$32.36
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$20.89
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$19.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$23.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$27.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$19.05
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$30.90

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 17th of 51

$18.20

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.