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Glucose Test On A Body Fluid Other Than Blood

Massachusetts 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?

$5.89

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.89 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.89 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 9 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$3.89$3.89 to $6.03
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$11.48$6.76 to $23.99

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11 · 10th to 90th $4 to $52Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $4 to $13
$5$20$100$500facility $11professional $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
$5.01
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$17.78
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$61.66
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$9.55
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$14.79
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$5.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$10.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$10.00
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$7,079.46
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$6.61
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$12.02
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$56.23
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$61.66
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$9.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$5.75
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$10.00

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 28th of 51

$5.89

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.