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Specialized Body Fluid Chemistry Test

Rhode Island 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?

$6.31

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.31 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.90 from a physician practice, and about $19.05 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$4.90$4.07 to $4.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.05$7.76 to $57.54

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $6 to $58Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $9
$5$10$20$50facility $19professional $5

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
$14.13
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$4.90
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$9.55
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$7.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$19.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$7.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$9.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$9.33

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 10th of 51

$6.31

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.