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Specialized Body Fluid Chemistry Test

Virginia 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?

$4.37

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.37 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.80 from a physician practice, and about $8.13 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3.80$2.82 to $4.47
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8.13$5.50 to $13.49

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8 · 10th to 90th $5 to $27Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $7
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $8professional $4

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
$4.07
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$12.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$4.68
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$26.92
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$3.98
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$6.61
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$19.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$7.59
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$8.13
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$9.33
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$9.55
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$39.81
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$10,232.93
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$6.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$5.50
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
$2.04
Median
$2.34
Typical High
$2.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.81
Median
$0.93
Typical High
$0.98

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 42nd of 51

$4.37

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.