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Joint Fluid Mucin Clot Test

Massachusetts 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?

$6.61

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.61 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.89 from a physician practice, and about $14.45 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 9 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$5.89$5.62 to $8.91
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$14.45$8.32 to $17.78

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14 · 10th to 90th $6 to $29Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $5 to $17
$10$100$1Kfacility $14professional $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
$5.62
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$26.30
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$100.00
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$14.13
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$22.91
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$7.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$15.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$15.49
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$7,079.46
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$10.00
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$17.78
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.88
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$100.00
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$14.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$9.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$14.79

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 21st of 51

$6.61

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.