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Specialized Body Fluid Chemistry Test

Colorado 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?

$5.50

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.80 from a physician practice, and about $15.85 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$3.80$2.34 to $4.37
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.85$10.00 to $19.05

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $16 · 10th to 90th $4 to $25Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $9
$5$10$20facility $16professional $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
$5.50
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$7.59
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$25.12
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$11.22
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$16.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$7.76
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$9.33
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$21.38
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$11.48
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$5.50
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$6.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$4.07
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
$2.04
Median
$2.09
Typical High
$2.75
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.81
Median
$0.83
Typical High
$1.10

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 23rd of 51

$5.50

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.