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Glucose Test On A Body Fluid Other Than Blood

Washington, DC 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?

$7.08

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.08 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.95 from a physician practice, and about $22.91 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$2.95$2.95 to $2.95
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$22.91$7.08 to $51.29

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $23 · 10th to 90th $3 to $65Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $3 to $14
$5$10$20$50facility $23professional $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
$2.95
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$2.95
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$43.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$15.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$29.51
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$7.94
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$13.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$5.89

Where Washington, DC 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.

Washington, DC· 17th of 51

$7.08

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.