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Urine Trimethylamine And TMAO Test

Alabama rates for HCPCS 0256U

Measures two related chemicals in urine — trimethylamine and its oxidized form, trimethylamine N-oxide — and reports them together as a paired profile. Trimethylamine is produced when gut bacteria break down certain foods, and the body normally converts it into trimethylamine N-oxide.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Urine Trimethylamine And TMAO Test cost?

$107

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $107 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $107 from a physician practice, and about $135 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$107$95.50 to $115
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$135$70.79 to $182

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $135 · 10th to 90th $63 to $182Professionalmedian $107 · 10th to 90th $79 to $135
$100$200facility $135professional $107

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
$158.49
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$134.90
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$95.50
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$229.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$158.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$158.49

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in South Dakota than in Kentucky. 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· 47th of 51

$107

SD $309KY $95.50

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.