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Potassium Level, Urine

Rhode Island 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?

$4.47

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.47 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.47 from a physician practice, and about $12.88 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 4 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$4.47$3.55 to $4.47
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12.88$5.89 to $25.12

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $5 to $28Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $9
$2$5$10$20facility $13professional $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
$12.88
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$4.47
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$8.71
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$7.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$18.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$7.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$8.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$8.51

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 40th of 51

$4.47

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.