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Stomach Bacteria Antigen Test

Virginia 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 Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.49 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.02 from a physician practice, and about $16.98 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$12.02$10.47 to $13.49
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$16.98$15.85 to $39.81

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $13 to $72Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $6 to $32
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $17professional $12

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
$35.48
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$30.20
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$64.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$10.72
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$20.89
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$23.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$23.44
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$19.50
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$33.88
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$10,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$20.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$15.85

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 40th 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.