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Potassium Level, Urine

New Jersey 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?

$6.46

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.46 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.80 from a physician practice, and about $16.98 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$3.55 to $5.01
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$16.98$8.32 to $33.11

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $5 to $59Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $12
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $17professional $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
$6.03
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$12.02
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$2.88
Typical High
$2.88
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$21.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$11.75
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$2.34
Typical High
$4.90
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$23,988.33
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$4.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$9.77
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$6.17

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 15th of 51

$6.46

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.