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Glucose Test On A Body Fluid Other Than Blood

Virginia 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?

$5.62

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.02 from a physician practice, and about $14.45 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$3.02$2.95 to $3.72
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$14.45$5.01 to $52.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14 · 10th to 90th $4 to $117Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $10
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $14professional $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
$5.01
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$10.72
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$15.85
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$1.95
Typical High
$3.02
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$24.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$17.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$6.92
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$5.75
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$7.59
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$3.72
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$14.13
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$10,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.66
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$6.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$5.50

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 29th of 51

$5.62

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.