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Urine Trimethylamine And TMAO Test

Virginia 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?

$120

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $120 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $120 from a physician practice, and about $209 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$72.44 to $135
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$209$135 to $398

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $209 · 10th to 90th $112 to $759Professionalmedian $120 · 10th to 90th $10 to $158
$10$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $209professional $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
$134.90
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$134.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,000.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$229.09
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$234.42
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$181.97
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$407.38
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$158.49

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 39th of 51

$120

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.