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Tear Fluid Concentration Test For Dry Eye

New Hampshire rates for HCPCS 83861

Measures how concentrated the salts are in a tiny sample of tear fluid collected from the edge of the eyelid. Tears become saltier when the eye is not making or holding enough moisture, so the reading helps confirm dry eye and gauge how severe it is. The sample is taken in the office with a small disposable collection tip and read by a benchtop analyzer within seconds.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Tear Fluid Concentration Test For Dry Eye cost?

$33.88

Typical negotiated rate. In New Hampshire, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $33.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $22.91 from a physician practice, and about $57.54 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 5 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$22.91$15.49 to $41.69
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$57.54$41.69 to $93.33

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $58 · 10th to 90th $32 to $129Professionalmedian $23 · 10th to 90th $14 to $55
$10$20$50$100facility $58professional $23

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
$31.62
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$54.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$128.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$42.66
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$64.57
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$75.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$50.12

Where New Hampshire sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Alaska than in Florida. 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.

New Hampshire· 3rd of 51

$33.88

AK $50.12FL $15.85

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.