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Urine Trimethylamine And TMAO Test

Pennsylvania 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?

$135

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $135 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $129 from a physician practice, and about $309 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 8 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$129$126 to $135
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$309$195 to $398

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $309 · 10th to 90th $135 to $562Professionalmedian $129 · 10th to 90th $95 to $158
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $309professional $129

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
$134.90
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$151.36
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$229.09
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$229.09
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$275.42
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$562.34
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$467.74
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$162.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$239.88

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 28th of 51

$135

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.