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Urine Urea Nitrogen Test

Iowa 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?

$10.47

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.47 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.33 from a physician practice, and about $13.18 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$9.33$4.37 to $28.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$13.18$7.24 to $20.42

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $6 to $39Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $4 to $36
$5$10$20$50facility $13professional $9

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
$5.62
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$36.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$12.88
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$25.70
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$22.91
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$13.18
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$7.41
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$5.75
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$12.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$14.13
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$5.62

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 3rd of 51

$10.47

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.