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Joint Fluid Mucin Clot Test

Alabama rates for HCPCS 83872

A laboratory test on fluid drawn from a joint that checks the clot the fluid forms when acid is added to it. Healthy joint fluid forms a firm clot, while a loose or crumbly one points to inflammation inside the joint.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Joint Fluid Mucin Clot Test cost?

$6.76

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.76 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.50 from a physician practice, and about $6.76 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$5.50$4.79 to $6.76
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6.76$6.46 to $8.51

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7 · 10th to 90th $5 to $10Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $7
$5$10facility $7professional $5

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
$5.89
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$9.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$6.76
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$10.72
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$6.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$18.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$20.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$7.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$8.13

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 2.5 times more in South Dakota than in Maryland. 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.

Alabama· 19th of 51

$6.76

SD $10.72MD $4.37

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.