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Specialized Body Fluid Chemistry Test

Kentucky 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?

$4.07

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.07 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.07 from a physician practice, and about $5.50 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$4.07$2.75 to $5.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5.50$4.47 to $7.76

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $9Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $7
$2$5$10$20facility $5professional $4

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$4.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$5.50
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$5.75
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$6.61
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$7.76
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$9.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$11.75
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$6.61
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
$2.00
Median
$2.29
Typical High
$2.75
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.79
Median
$0.91
Typical High
$1.10

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 47th of 51

$4.07

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.