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Urine Trimethylamine And TMAO Test

Colorado 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?

$162

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $162 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $120 from a physician practice, and about $447 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$120$100 to $135
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$447$269 to $676

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $447 · 10th to 90th $158 to $813Professionalmedian $120 · 10th to 90th $68 to $151
$10$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $447professional $120

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
$120.23
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$151.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$812.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$234.42
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$204.17
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$338.84
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$158.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$239.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$151.36

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 12th of 51

$162

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.