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Urine Urea Nitrogen Test

Maryland 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?

$4.37

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.37 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.27 from a physician practice, and about $28.18 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 6 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$4.27$4.17 to $5.25
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$28.18$21.88 to $34.67

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28 · 10th to 90th $4 to $62Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $4 to $10
$5$10$20$50facility $28professional $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
$4.07
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$15.85
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.66
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$5.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$7.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$13.80
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$8.51
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$4.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$2.88
Typical High
$5.25
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$8.32

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 47th of 51

$4.37

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.