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Urine Urea Nitrogen Test

Louisiana 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?

$6.76

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.76 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.89 from a physician practice, and about $8.32 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$5.89$4.27 to $6.76
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8.32$6.76 to $15.14

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8 · 10th to 90th $6 to $25Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $3 to $8
$5$10$20$50facility $8professional $6

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
$5.89
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$7.59
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$17.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$9.12
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$28.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$6.17
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$6.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$6.61

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 12th of 51

$6.76

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.