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Potassium Level, Urine

South 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?

$6.61

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.61 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.80 from a physician practice, and about $39.81 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 5 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$3.72 to $4.68
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$39.81$11.75 to $60.26

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $40 · 10th to 90th $4 to $110Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $4 to $7
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $40professional $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
$3.72
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$5.01
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$91.20
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$8.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$2.88
Typical High
$7.08
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$13.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$5.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$6.03

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 14th of 51

$6.61

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.