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Joint Fluid Mucin Clot Test

Delaware 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?

$4.90

Typical negotiated rate. In Delaware, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.90 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.90 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$4.90$4.68 to $17.38
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6.76$6.76 to $6.76

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7 · 10th to 90th $7 to $7Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $5 to $17
$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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$6.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$17.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$3.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$10.72
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$5.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$8.13

Where Delaware 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.

Delaware· 42nd of 51

$4.90

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.