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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 October 2026.

How much does Glucose Test On A Body Fluid Other Than Blood cost?

$3.98

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.80 from a physician practice, and about $4.79 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3.80$2.95 to $5.01
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4.79$3.72 to $10.72

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $32Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $5
$2$5$10$20$50facility $5professional $4

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$5.75
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.86
Median
$1.86
Typical High
$2.88
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.76
Median
$0.76
Typical High
$1.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$4.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.66
Median
$1.91
Typical High
$2.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.68
Median
$0.76
Typical High
$0.79
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$8.13
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$2.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$5.62
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$39.81
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.86
Median
$1.86
Typical High
$2.88
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.76
Median
$0.76
Typical High
$1.15
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$6.76
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.86
Median
$1.86
Typical High
$1.86
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.76
Median
$0.76
Typical High
$0.76
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$5.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$4.68
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$5.37

Where Michigan sits

The same service costs 5.8 times more in Minnesota than in Washington, DC. 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· 31st of 51

$3.98

MN $18.20DC $3.16

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.