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Glucose Test On A Body Fluid Other Than Blood

North Carolina 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?

$12.30

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.30 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.47 from a physician practice, and about $38.90 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 8 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$3.47$3.16 to $5.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$38.90$8.32 to $48.98

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $39 · 10th to 90th $3 to $65Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $3 to $6
$2$10$50$200$1Kfacility $39professional $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
$3.72
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$6.46
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$5.50
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$13.80
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$2.57
Typical High
$2.57
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$17.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$6.17
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$7.24
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$7.59
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$15.85
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$7.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$5.50
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 3rd of 51

$12.30

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.