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Specialized Body Fluid Chemistry Test

Alabama rates for HCPCS 84392

This laboratory test measures the level of a specific chemical substance in a body fluid sample, as part of evaluating a person's metabolic, hormonal, or organ function. The exact substance measured depends on what a treating clinician is investigating. Results are interpreted alongside a person's symptoms and other test findings.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Specialized Body Fluid Chemistry Test cost?

$4.27

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.27 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.27 from a physician practice, and about $5.50 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$4.27$4.17 to $5.89
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5.50$4.47 to $6.31

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $8Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $4 to $6
$5$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $5professional $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
$6.31
Typical High
$10.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$6.31
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$6.03
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$4.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$17.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$16.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$6.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$6.61

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.8 times more in West Virginia than in Washington, DC. 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.

Alabama· 45th of 51

$4.27

WV $15.49DC $4.07

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.