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Joint Fluid Mucin Clot Test

New Mexico 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?

$6.17

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.17 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.37 from a physician practice, and about $8.71 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 4 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$4.37$4.37 to $7.08
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8.71$5.25 to $17.38

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9 · 10th to 90th $4 to $19Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $39
$2$5$10$20facility $9professional $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. Small sample; interpret with caution. 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
$17.38
Typical High
$19.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$38.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$3.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$12.59
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$10.23
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$14.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$8.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$4.37

Where New Mexico 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.

New Mexico· 25th of 51

$6.17

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.