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Glucose Test On A Body Fluid Other Than Blood

Colorado 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?

$7.41

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.41 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.02 from a physician practice, and about $17.78 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 7 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$3.02$3.02 to $3.72
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$17.78$7.94 to $85.11

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $18 · 10th to 90th $4 to $120Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $5
$2$10$50$200$1Kfacility $18professional $3

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
$3.80
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$4.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$19.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.66
Median
$1.66
Typical High
$3.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$10.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.57
Typical High
$4.68
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$8.13
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$8.32
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$3.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$6.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$3.89

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 15th of 51

$7.41

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.