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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 October 2026.

How much does Specialized Body Fluid Chemistry Test cost?

$3.98

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.63 from a physician practice, and about $3.98 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3.63$2.75 to $6.31
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3.98$3.98 to $3.98

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4 · 10th to 90th $4 to $5Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $6
$5$10$20facility $4professional $4

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
$6.31
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$8.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$6.31
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$3.98
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery + 31
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$4.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$17.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$26.92
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$5.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$3.89
2 more rates 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
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$3.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.89
Median
$1.26
Typical High
$1.26

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.3 times more in Alaska 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.

Alabama· 49th of 51

$3.98

AK $12.30NE $3.72

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.