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Cell Count in Spinal or Joint Fluid

Alaska rates for HCPCS 89050

A laboratory count of the cells in a body fluid other than blood, such as spinal fluid, joint fluid or fluid drawn from around the lung or abdomen. A raised count points towards infection, inflammation or bleeding in that space.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Cell Count in Spinal or Joint Fluid cost?

$10.72

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.72 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.13 from a physician practice, and about $4.27 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$14.13$8.71 to $15.85
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4.27$4.27 to $33.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4 · 10th to 90th $4 to $129Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $5 to $19
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $4professional $14

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
$33.11
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$30.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$7.24
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$4.68
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$15.14
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$30.20
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$10.72
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$4.27
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$6.17
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$70.79

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 4.5 times more in North Carolina 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.

Alaska· 5th of 51

$10.72

NC $15.85DC $3.55

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.