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Stomach Bacteria Antigen Test

Nebraska 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?

$24.55

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $24.55 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.47 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 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$10.47$10.47 to $46.77
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$42.66$16.60 to $100

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $43 · 10th to 90th $10 to $145Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $10 to $105
$10$20$50$100facility $43professional $10

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
$32.36
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$104.71
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$87.10
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$26.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$38.02
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$123.03
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$29.51
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$33.11
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$14.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$15.85
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$32.36

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 2nd of 51

$24.55

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.