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Urine Urea Nitrogen Test

New Jersey 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?

$5.62

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.27 from a physician practice, and about $14.45 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$3.89 to $5.25
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$14.45$8.91 to $33.11

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14 · 10th to 90th $6 to $79Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $4 to $8
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $14professional $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
$7.08
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$8.13
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$25.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$13.18
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$5.37
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$23,988.33
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$5.37
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$12.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$6.92

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 24th of 51

$5.62

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.