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Glucose Test On A Body Fluid Other Than Blood

Minnesota 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?

$3.89

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.89 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.89 from a physician practice, and about $13.49 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$3.89$3.89 to $4.57
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$13.49$4.68 to $28.84

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $4 to $65Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $7
$5$10$20$50$100facility $13professional $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
$26.92
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$69.18
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$39.81
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$3.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$37.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$7.59
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$28.84
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$7.59
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$69.18
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$24.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$13.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$8.71

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 51st of 51

$3.89

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.