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Potassium Level, Urine

Kentucky 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?

$3.89

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.89 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.80 from a physician practice, and about $7.76 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$3.80$3.24 to $4.27
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7.76$4.68 to $64.57

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8 · 10th to 90th $4 to $126Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $6
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $8professional $4

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
$3.89
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$6.46
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$2.88
Typical High
$2.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$5.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$6.03
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$6.61
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$7.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$10.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$5.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$6.03

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 48th of 51

$3.89

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.