H.Pylori test in Bangkok -- cheapest option?

[Tummamuang]

Looking for a cheap option for an H.Pylori test. Are there labs that offer this direct-to-customer without a hospital or clinic in between? Or any local or smaller hospitals or clinics that don't charge an arm and a leg for it? 

 

Looking for Bangkok.

[IvorBiggun2]

Any Government hospital.

[fredwiggy]

 Here in Sisaket I found out I had it during an gastroscopy and Colonoscopy I had done. They prescribed the usual 2 antibiotics and a proton pump antacid, which messes up your gut microbiome but is the only known way to rid the infection. I wanted to get a re-test after the treatment but they don't do it at the same government hospital unless you get another endoscopy. I was told the breath test had to be done in Sisaket hospital, as the one I went to didn't do the breath test, so it seems not any government hospital will work. I've asked if I could get a breath test at a regular doctor but they didn't know, so that might also be an option you can try. I don't think clinics will have it. I'm sending the link for Bangkok hospital, as it has it listed there..........https://www.bangkokhospital.com/en/bangkok/content/save-your-stomach-diseases-risk-with-c-13-ubt

[tautomerica]

I don't know about Bangkok but in Pattaya there are several options. The only place I found offering the breath test was Bangkok Hospital Pattaya at 3300 baht. Neither Pattaya memorial nor the government hospital on buakhao currently (April 2025) offer the breath test. I ended up getting an antigen test at lifecare labs. I tested negative, but the sensitivity of blood antigen tests is not great compared to the breath test. Please report back if you find the breath test at a reasonable price in Bangkok. I still have symptoms and partner had H. pylori so I may get it done next time I'm up that way.

[Sheryl]

As others  mentioned there are different types of tests and they are not of equal reliability.

 

Breath test is preferred to stool antigen test but more complex to do. As it includes administration of a medication it is unlikely to be available from a lab.   And -- important -- should not be done while taking PPIs (omeprazole etc). 

 

You can inquire at https://rsuhealth.com/

If they cannot do the breath test, they might be able to do the stool antigen test.