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Joint Fluid Mucin Clot Test

Virginia 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?

$5.50

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.37 from a physician practice, and about $7.24 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 8 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$4.27 to $5.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7.24$5.89 to $14.79

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7 · 10th to 90th $5 to $33Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $16
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $7professional $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
$5.50
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$11.22
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$23.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$2.88
Typical High
$4.47
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$37.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$8.32
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$8.71
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$11.48
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$5.50
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$12.30
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$10.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$6.17

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 33rd of 51

$5.50

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.