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Potassium Level, Urine

Alaska rates for HCPCS 84133

This test measures the amount of potassium excreted in a urine sample. It helps clinicians determine whether an abnormal blood potassium level is due to a problem with the kidneys' handling of potassium versus another cause, such as diet or medication effects. It is often ordered together with a blood potassium measurement.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Potassium Level, Urine cost?

$5.01

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.01 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.72 from a physician practice, and about $4.68 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 6 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$10.72$3.98 to $15.85
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4.68$3.89 to $33.11

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $55Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $4 to $16
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $5professional $11

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
$32.36
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$15.85
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$7.24
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$4.68
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$15.14
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$27.54
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$21.38
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$3.89
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$5.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$5.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$37.15

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 8.5 times more in West Virginia than in Vermont. 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.

Alaska· 28th of 51

$5.01

WV $31.62VT $3.72

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.