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Glucose Test On A Body Fluid Other Than Blood

Michigan 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?

$4.68

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.68 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.72 from a physician practice, and about $6.46 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$3.72$3.24 to $4.57
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6.46$3.72 to $12.30

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6 · 10th to 90th $4 to $32Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $5
$5$20$100$500facility $6professional $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
$3.72
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$5.89
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$8.32
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$2.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$5.62
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$6.92
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$6.76
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$5.50
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$3.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$5.37

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 42nd of 51

$4.68

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.