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Potassium Level, Urine

North Carolina 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?

$5.75

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.75 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.80 from a physician practice, and about $15.85 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$3.80$3.80 to $5.75
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.85$5.89 to $45.71

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $16 · 10th to 90th $4 to $55Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $7
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $16professional $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
$15.85
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$7.08
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$13.49
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$18.62
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$3.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$21.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$7.24
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$10.00
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$8.32
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$5.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$7.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$6.03
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$100.00

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 19th of 51

$5.75

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.