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Joint Fluid Mucin Clot Test

Tennessee 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?

$4.68

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.68 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.37 from a physician practice, and about $8.91 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$4.37$4.37 to $4.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8.91$5.25 to $21.38

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9 · 10th to 90th $4 to $25Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $4 to $7
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$5.62
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$7.94
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$23.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$8.71
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$5.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$8.13

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 47th of 51

$4.68

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.