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Joint Fluid Mucin Clot Test

North Dakota 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?

$9.77

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.77 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.00 from a physician practice, and about $4.17 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$10.00$5.50 to $12.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4.17$4.07 to $5.50

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4 · 10th to 90th $4 to $10Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $4 to $13
$5$10$20$50$100facility $4professional $10

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
$4.07
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$10.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$17.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$13.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$8.32
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$10.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$17.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$9.55

Where North Dakota 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.

North Dakota· 4th of 51

$9.77

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.