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Glucose Test On A Body Fluid Other Than Blood

Montana 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?

$5.25

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.25 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.90 from a physician practice, and about $12.30 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$4.90$4.47 to $5.89
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12.30$5.37 to $48.98

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12 · 10th to 90th $5 to $269Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $12
$10$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $12professional $5

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
$17.78
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$25.70
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$81,283.05
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$5.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$22.39
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$5.75
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$12.02
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$12.02
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$22.39
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$5.75
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$3.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$5.50

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 35th of 51

$5.25

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.