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Cell Count in Spinal or Joint Fluid

Kansas 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 October 2026.

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

$12.02

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.02 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.68 from a physician practice, and about $12.59 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$4.68$2.82 to $8.51
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12.59$12.02 to $17.78

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $8 to $19Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $10
$2$5$10$20facility $13professional $5

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
$4.68
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$5.01
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$19.05
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$8.51
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$10.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$15.14
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$32.36
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$8.91
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$10.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$9.77
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
$2.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.81
Median
$0.93
Typical High
$1.00

Where Kansas sits

The same service costs 4.0 times more in Alaska than in Maryland. 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.

Kansas· 2nd of 51

$12.02

AK $14.13MD $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.