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Helicobacter pylori antibody blood test

CPT 86677the billing code this page is about

A blood test for antibodies to Helicobacter pylori, the stomach bacterium linked to ulcers and gastritis.

Hospitals typically charge $78 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,416 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $82. Most fall between $33 and $147 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,416
States
50
Filings dated
Dec 2022 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 2,416 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$20$40$78$132$206

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 10× what the cheapest tenth charges ($20 vs $206).

How the prices are spread

$14 – $19: 85 hospitals$14$19 – $26: 169 hospitals$26 – $35: 159 hospitals$26$35 – $47: 173 hospitals$47 – $63: 288 hospitals$47$63 – $85: 348 hospitals$85 – $115: 273 hospitals$85$115 – $155: 366 hospitals$155 – $208: 198 hospitals$155$208 – $281: 123 hospitals$208median $78price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (2,182 of 2,416 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$14$1985
$19$26169
$26$35159
$35$47173
$47$63288
$63$85348
$85$115273
$115$155366
$155$208198
$208$281123

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $78.

Alaska: median $101 across 13 hospitalsAK$101Maine: median $78 across 23 hospitalsME$78Vermont: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: median $158 across 12 hospitalsNH$158Washington: median $81 across 61 hospitalsWA$81Idaho: median $85 across 22 hospitalsID$85Montana: median $98 across 18 hospitalsMT$98North Dakota: median $89 across 23 hospitalsND$89Minnesota: median $117 across 34 hospitalsMN$117Illinois: median $118 across 103 hospitalsIL$118Wisconsin: median $80 across 75 hospitalsWI$80Michigan: median $60 across 48 hospitalsMI$60New York: median $42 across 80 hospitalsNY$42Massachusetts: median $82 across 33 hospitalsMA$82Oregon: median $75 across 31 hospitalsOR$75Nevada: median $86 across 20 hospitalsNV$86Wyoming: median $92 across 13 hospitalsWY$92South Dakota: median $101 across 15 hospitalsSD$101Iowa: median $66 across 61 hospitalsIA$66Indiana: median $54 across 73 hospitalsIN$54Ohio: median $68 across 111 hospitalsOH$68Pennsylvania: median $65 across 85 hospitalsPA$65New Jersey: median $19 across 52 hospitalsNJ$19Connecticut: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $114 across 118 hospitalsCA$114Utah: median $239 across 40 hospitalsUT$239Colorado: median $85 across 56 hospitalsCO$85Nebraska: median $81 across 44 hospitalsNE$81Missouri: median $56 across 59 hospitalsMO$56Kentucky: median $66 across 51 hospitalsKY$66West Virginia: median $76 across 32 hospitalsWV$76Virginia: median $85 across 51 hospitalsVA$85Maryland: median $68 across 32 hospitalsMD$68Delaware: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $154 across 34 hospitalsAZ$154New Mexico: median $89 across 12 hospitalsNM$89Kansas: median $64 across 57 hospitalsKS$64Arkansas: median $72 across 24 hospitalsAR$72Tennessee: median $48 across 65 hospitalsTN$48North Carolina: median $122 across 83 hospitalsNC$122South Carolina: median $104 across 36 hospitalsSC$104Oklahoma: median $61 across 65 hospitalsOK$61Louisiana: median $43 across 47 hospitalsLA$43Mississippi: median $46 across 51 hospitalsMS$46Alabama: median $44 across 28 hospitalsAL$44Georgia: median $80 across 80 hospitalsGA$80Hawaii: median $121 across 16 hospitalsHI$121Texas: median $124 across 196 hospitalsTX$124Florida: median $32 across 106 hospitalsFL$32
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $78. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Utah UT40$239+206%$114 – $281
New Hampshire NH12$158+102%$85 – $272
Arizona AZ34$154+97%$41 – $202
Texas TX196$124+59%$50 – $239
North Carolina NC83$122+57%$40 – $154
Hawaii HI16$121+55%$85 – $144
Illinois IL103$118+52%$55 – $196
Minnesota MN34$117+50%$60 – $178
California CA118$114+46%$19 – $139
South Carolina SC36$104+33%$54 – $137
Alaska AK13$101+29%$23 – $185
South Dakota SD15$101+29%$75 – $183
Montana MT18$98+26%$55 – $167
Wyoming WY13$92+18%$54 – $152
North Dakota ND23$89+15%$58 – $122
New Mexico NM12$89+14%$74 – $160
Nevada NV20$86+10%$24 – $139
Idaho ID22$85+9%$63 – $130
Colorado CO56$85+9%$39 – $142
Virginia VA51$85+8%$57 – $136
Massachusetts MA33$82+5%$48 – $151
Nebraska NE44$81+4%$43 – $190
Washington WA61$81+3%$36 – $123
Wisconsin WI75$80+2%$66 – $110
Georgia GA80$80+2%$32 – $136
Maine ME23$78−1%$33 – $180
West Virginia WV32$76−3%$43 – $195
Oregon OR31$75−3%$33 – $101
Arkansas AR24$72−7%$34 – $131
Maryland MD32$68−13%$52 – $80
Ohio OH111$68−13%$40 – $113
Iowa IA61$66−15%$49 – $94
Kentucky KY51$66−15%$32 – $184
Pennsylvania PA85$65−16%$19 – $173
Kansas KS57$64−18%$39 – $121
Oklahoma OK65$61−22%$38 – $105
Michigan MI48$60−23%$22 – $90
Missouri MO59$56−28%$34 – $138
Indiana IN73$54−31%$24 – $159
Tennessee TN65$48−38%$26 – $83
Mississippi MS51$46−41%$25 – $71
Alabama AL28$44−44%$21 – $103
Louisiana LA47$43−45%$26 – $100
New York NY80$42−47%$17 – $135
Florida FL106$32−60%$9 – $259
New Jersey NJ52$19−75%$16 – $55
Connecticut CT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $78.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,725$76$28 – $149
Children’s45$87$35 – $129
Critical access639$83$46 – $149
Ownership
For-profit382$98$29 – $239
Government452$73$36 – $129
Non-profit1,575$78$33 – $144
System affiliation
Part of a system1,948$80$32 – $152
Independent468$70$34 – $130

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$133
Median cash price$78
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

1,601 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $80 and the average of the middle 60% is $86; most fall between $37 and $147.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,601 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$23$45$80$131$205

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.9× what the cheapest tenth charges ($23 vs $205).

Of the 1,781 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,601 gave a usable cash price; 84 carried a plausibility flag, 1 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 95 a list price only.

How complete is this

2,416 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (61%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,648 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,416
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here127
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded3
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded102
Hospitals that filed this code2,648

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between July 20, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other Laboratory family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Hc Helicobacter Pylori.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Helicobacter pylori antibody blood test (CPT 86677) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-86677-helicobacter-pylori-antibody-blood-test