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Joint Fluid Mucin Clot Test

West 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?

$4.79

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.79 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.68 from a physician practice, and about $7.41 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$4.68$4.37 to $4.79
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7.41$4.79 to $8.71

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7 · 10th to 90th $5 to $9Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $5
$5$10$20facility $7professional $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
$4.79
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$8.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$5.50
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$7.94
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$7.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$17.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$39.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$6.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$8.13

Where West 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.

West Virginia· 45th of 51

$4.79

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.