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Stomach Bacteria Antigen Test

Pennsylvania 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?

$13.49

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.49 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.88 from a physician practice, and about $26.92 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$12.88$12.30 to $15.14
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$26.92$16.98 to $40.74

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $27 · 10th to 90th $13 to $60Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $10 to $25
$10$20$50$100facility $27professional $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
$13.49
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$24.55
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$8,511.38
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$12.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$54.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$28.84
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$22.91
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$15.85
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$27.54
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$57.54
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$39.81
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$25.70
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$15.85
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$19.05
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$29.51

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 38th of 51

$13.49

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.