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Cell Count in Spinal or Joint Fluid

Florida 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?

$4.68

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.68 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.07 from a physician practice, and about $60.26 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 8 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$4.07$3.89 to $4.37
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$60.26$12.30 to $107

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $60 · 10th to 90th $5 to $195Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $4 to $7
$2$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $60professional $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
$5.37
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$5.89
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$2.88
Typical High
$2.88
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$6.31
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$6.61
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$13.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$9.77
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$37.15
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$6.61
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$2.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$10.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$6.61
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$4.68

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 43rd of 51

$4.68

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.