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Urine Urea Nitrogen Test

Washington, DC rates for HCPCS 84540

This test measures the amount of urea nitrogen, a waste product from protein breakdown, in a urine sample. It is used along with a blood test to help assess kidney function or nutritional status.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Urine Urea Nitrogen Test cost?

$4.17

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.17 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.17 from a physician practice, and about $17.38 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$4.17$4.17 to $4.17
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$17.38$4.17 to $33.11

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $4 to $33Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $4 to $17
$5$10$20$50facility $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
$4.17
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$4.17
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$52.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$21.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$42.66
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$11.22
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$14.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$8.13

Where Washington, DC sits

The same service costs 4.8 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.

Washington, DC· 50th of 51

$4.17

WV $19.95VT $4.17

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.