go back

Glucose Test On A Body Fluid Other Than Blood

Alabama rates for HCPCS 82945

This test measures the level of glucose, or sugar, in a body fluid sample other than blood, such as fluid drawn from around the spinal cord, a joint, or another body cavity. It is used to help evaluate for infection or other conditions affecting that fluid.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Glucose Test On A Body Fluid Other Than Blood cost?

$4.47

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.47 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.72 from a physician practice, and about $6.17 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 5 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$3.72$3.24 to $4.47
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6.17$4.47 to $9.77

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6 · 10th to 90th $4 to $26Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $5
$2$10$50$200$1Kfacility $6professional $4

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
$3.89
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$5.13
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.66
Median
$1.95
Typical High
$2.63
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$10.72
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$2.88
Typical High
$3.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$12.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.74
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$14.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$4.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$5.50

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 8.3 times more in West Virginia than in Minnesota. 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.

Alabama· 45th of 51

$4.47

WV $32.36MN $3.89

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.