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Glucose Test On A Body Fluid Other Than Blood

Iowa 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?

$7.24

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.24 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.90 from a physician practice, and about $11.48 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 8 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$4.90$3.89 to $17.78
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$11.48$5.89 to $36.31

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11 · 10th to 90th $4 to $65Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $25
$5$20$100$500facility $11professional $5

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
$15.85
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$25.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$9.55
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$42.66
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$23.99
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$10.00
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$5.25
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$4.79
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$9.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$10.47
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$3.89

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 16th of 51

$7.24

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.