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Glucose Test On A Body Fluid Other Than Blood

Rhode Island 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?

$4.27

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.27 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.07 from a physician practice, and about $11.75 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 4 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$4.07$2.95 to $4.07
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$11.75$5.37 to $22.39

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12 · 10th to 90th $5 to $25Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $8
$2$5$10$20$50facility $12professional $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
$11.75
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$4.07
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$5.37
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$5.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$16.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$5.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$7.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$7.76

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 46th of 51

$4.27

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.