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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 July 2026.

How much does Specialized Body Fluid Chemistry Test cost?

$4.37

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.37 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.27 from a physician practice, and about $5.89 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 5 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$2.82 to $4.57
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5.89$4.47 to $13.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6 · 10th to 90th $4 to $40Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $8
$2$5$10$20$50facility $6professional $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
$4.47
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$8.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$5.75
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$2.34
Typical High
$6.61
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$7.76
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$9.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$12.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$5.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$6.61

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 43rd of 51

$4.37

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.