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Glucose Test On A Body Fluid Other Than Blood

South 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?

$30.20

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $30.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.16 from a physician practice, and about $74.13 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$3.16$3.09 to $4.17
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$74.13$18.62 to $97.72

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $74 · 10th to 90th $5 to $316Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $3 to $11
$2$10$50$200$1Kfacility $74professional $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
$4.90
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$8.13
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$3.89
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$70.79
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$13.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$5.62
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$11.22
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$4.68
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$5.50

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 2nd of 51

$30.20

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.