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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 October 2026.

How much does Specialized Body Fluid Chemistry Test cost?

$7.08

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.08 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.61 from a physician practice, and about $17.38 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$6.61$5.50 to $12.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$17.38$12.59 to $32.36

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $8 to $45Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $3 to $12
$5$10$20$50facility $17professional $7

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
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$4.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$4.79
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$5.50
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$47.86
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$12.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$33.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$6.17
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$7.76
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$8.91
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$6.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$3.31
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
$2.14
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$2.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.85
Median
$0.85
Typical High
$0.87

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 8th of 51

$7.08

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.