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Urine Metabolite Index For Pain Assessment

Alabama rates for HCPCS 0117U

Helps assess someone with chronic pain by measuring chemical by-products of the body's metabolism in urine. Eleven substances are measured by mass spectrometry, among them methylmalonic acid, homocysteine, quinolinic acid and kynurenic acid, and they are combined into a single overall index.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Urine Metabolite Index For Pain Assessment cost?

$708

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $708 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $708 from a physician practice, and about $661 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$708$562 to $977
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$661$74.13 to $977

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $661 · 10th to 90th $65 to $977Professionalmedian $708 · 10th to 90th $501 to $977
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $661professional $708

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
$831.76
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,288.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$977.24
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$95.50
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$831.76

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 2.3 times more in North Dakota than in Nebraska. 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.

Alabama· 34th of 51

$708

ND $1,288NE $550

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.