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Glucose Test On A Body Fluid Other Than Blood

South Dakota 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?

$7.59

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.59 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.27 from a physician practice, and about $26.92 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 7 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$4.27$3.72 to $7.59
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$26.92$23.44 to $41.69

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $27 · 10th to 90th $8 to $85Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $10
$5$20$100$500facility $27professional $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
$23.44
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$5.13
Avera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$5.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$7.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$9.55
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$61.66
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$5.50
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$10.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$4.68
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$5.50
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$3.89

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 14th of 51

$7.59

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.