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Urine Trimethylamine And TMAO Test

Washington 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?

$158

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $158 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $148 from a physician practice, and about $200 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$148$145 to $151
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$200$158 to $363

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $200 · 10th to 90th $158 to $724Professionalmedian $148 · 10th to 90th $68 to $182
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $200professional $148

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
$151.36
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$436.52
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$229.09
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$177.83
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$501.19
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$199.53
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$436.52
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$158.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$158.49
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$288.40

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 14th of 51

$158

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.