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Joint Fluid Mucin Clot Test

Maine 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?

$5.89

Typical negotiated rate. In Maine, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.89 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.89 from a physician practice, and about $9.55 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$5.89$4.47 to $5.89
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$9.55$5.89 to $26.30

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $6 to $55Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $3 to $8
$2$5$10$20$50facility $10professional $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
$5.89
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$5.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$58.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$7.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$13.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$8.32
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$7.08
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$26.30
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$14.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$17.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$12.02

Where Maine 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.

Maine· 28th of 51

$5.89

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.