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Specialized Body Fluid Chemistry Test

South Carolina 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?

$4.79

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.79 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.27 from a physician practice, and about $17.38 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 6 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$4.27 to $4.79
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$17.38$7.76 to $30.90

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $4 to $56Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $4 to $7
$5$10$20$50facility $17professional $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
$4.27
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$4.79
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$5.50
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$54.95
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$15.85
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$6.61
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$10.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$6.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$6.61

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 32nd of 51

$4.79

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.