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Joint Fluid Mucin Clot Test

Utah 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 Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.17 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.50 from a physician practice, and about $26.30 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$5.50$4.47 to $6.76
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$26.30$7.41 to $39.81

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $26 · 10th to 90th $7 to $52Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $7
$5$10$20$50facility $26professional $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
$7.41
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$7.41
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$16.22
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$11.22
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$26.30
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.25
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$4.07
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$7.59
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$8.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$10.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$8.13

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 24th 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.