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Joint Fluid Mucin Clot Test

Illinois 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?

$7.08

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.08 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.01 from a physician practice, and about $9.77 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 6 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$5.01$4.57 to $8.51
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$9.77$6.17 to $13.49

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $5 to $26Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $13
$5$10$20$50$100facility $10professional $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
$4.79
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$16.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$12.30
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$60.26
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$4.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$10.72
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$81.28
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$7.59
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$3.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$11.75
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$5.89

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 12th of 51

$7.08

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.