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Joint Fluid Mucin Clot Test

South Carolina 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?

$5.13

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.57 from a physician practice, and about $14.79 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$4.57$4.57 to $5.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$14.79$7.76 to $26.92

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $5 to $40Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $5 to $7
$5$10$20$50facility $15professional $5

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
$4.57
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$5.13
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$45.71
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$12.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$47.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$7.41
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$12.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$7.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$8.13

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 40th of 51

$5.13

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.