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Quantitative Measurement Of A Specific Sugar

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 84378

This is a laboratory test that measures the exact amount of a specific simple sugar present in a urine or other body fluid sample, rather than giving only a positive-or-negative result. It is often used when a sugar metabolism or absorption problem is suspected, giving clinicians a precise value to assess severity and track over time.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Quantitative Measurement Of A Specific Sugar cost?

$9.12

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.51 from a physician practice, and about $13.80 from a hospital or other facility.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$8.51$7.41 to $10.72
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$13.80$9.12 to $25.70

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14 · 10th to 90th $9 to $52Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $6 to $17
$5$10$20$50facility $14professional $9

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$11.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$5.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$1.82
Typical High
$2.00
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$51.29
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$7.41
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$52.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$17.38
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$102.33
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$23.99
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$20.89
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$9.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$15.85
1 more rate with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
90 · Outside lab
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$7.94

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 4.8 times more in Kansas than in Nebraska. 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.

North Carolina· 45th of 51

$9.12

KS $36.31NE $7.59

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.