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Glucose Test On A Body Fluid Other Than Blood

Maryland 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?

$8.71

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.71 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.39 from a physician practice, and about $9.77 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 6 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$3.39$2.95 to $5.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$9.77$8.51 to $12.59

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $5 to $15Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $3 to $15
$2$10$50$200$1Kfacility $10professional $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
$5.62
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$15.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$14.79
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.38
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$3.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$5.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$9.55
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$7.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.66
Median
$1.86
Typical High
$4.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$5.50
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$5.89

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 10th of 51

$8.71

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.