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Joint Fluid Mucin Clot Test

Louisiana 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 Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.08 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.46 from a physician practice, and about $7.94 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$6.46$4.47 to $7.08
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7.94$7.08 to $15.14

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8 · 10th to 90th $6 to $21Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $3 to $9
$5$10$20facility $8professional $6

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
$6.17
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$21.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$10.47
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$19.50
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$9.77
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$35.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$6.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$7.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$8.13

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 15th 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.