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Glucose Test On A Body Fluid Other Than Blood

Louisiana 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?

$4.90

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.90 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.68 from a physician practice, and about $7.59 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$4.68$3.39 to $4.79
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7.59$4.79 to $15.85

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8 · 10th to 90th $4 to $91Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $5
$10$100$1Kfacility $8professional $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
$4.17
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$5.37
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$14.45
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$7.76
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$23.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$4.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.66
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$4.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$6.17

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 38th of 51

$4.90

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.