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Joint Fluid Mucin Clot Test

Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.17 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.17 from a physician practice, and about $17.38 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$6.17$4.37 to $6.17
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$17.38$7.59 to $33.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $7 to $37Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $3 to $11
$5$10$20facility $17professional $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
$9.55
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$6.17
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$11.75
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$10.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$24.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$8.91
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$11.75
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$11.48

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 27th 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.