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Cell Count in Spinal or Joint Fluid

Rhode Island 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?

$5.75

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.75 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.90 from a physician practice, and about $19.05 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 4 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$4.90$3.55 to $4.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.05$7.76 to $77.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $6 to $78Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $9
$5$10$20$50facility $19professional $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
$14.13
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$4.90
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$9.55
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$7.94
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$19.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$7.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$9.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$9.33

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 28th of 51

$5.75

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.