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Urine Urea Nitrogen Test

North Carolina 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?

$4.68

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.68 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.47 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 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$4.47$4.27 to $6.03
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8.32$4.90 to $30.20

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8 · 10th to 90th $4 to $68Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $4 to $7
$5$10$20$50$100facility $8professional $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
$4.47
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$7.41
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$3.47
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$4.37
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$25.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$8.13
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$21.38
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$9.33
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$8.32
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$8.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$6.61
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$100.00

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 38th of 51

$4.68

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.