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Cell Count in Spinal or Joint Fluid

Idaho 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?

$9.12

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.68 from a physician practice, and about $16.98 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 7 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$4.68$4.47 to $9.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$16.98$9.12 to $28.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $5 to $74Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $9
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $17professional $5

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
$10.96
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$9.12
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$25.12
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$42.66
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$18.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$7.24
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$6.61
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$5.62
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$16.98
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$5.01
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$19.05
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$4.68
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$7.76

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 8th of 51

$9.12

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.