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Joint Fluid Mucin Clot Test

Nebraska 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?

$8.91

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.91 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.89 from a physician practice, and about $15.49 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$3.89$3.89 to $12.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.49$7.41 to $25.12

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $4 to $36Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $4 to $39
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $15professional $4

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
$8.71
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$38.90
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$47.86
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$9.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$13.80
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$6.46
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$12.02
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$7.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$5.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$11.75

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 6th of 51

$8.91

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.