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Stomach Bacteria Antigen Test

Washington 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 Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.85 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.14 from a physician practice, and about $25.12 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 9 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$15.14$12.30 to $19.05
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.12$16.98 to $34.67

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $25 · 10th to 90th $16 to $68Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $9 to $23
$10$20$50$100facility $25professional $15

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
$15.14
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$25.70
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$43.65
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$15.85
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$41.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$22.91
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$64.57
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$32.36
Pacific Source
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$19.05
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$43.65
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$19.05
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$43.65
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$15.85
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.05
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$18.20
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$28.84

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 30th 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.