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Urine Urea Nitrogen Test

New Mexico 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?

$4.27

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.27 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.27 from a physician practice, and about $29.51 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$4.27$4.17 to $5.25
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$29.51$8.32 to $53.70

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $30 · 10th to 90th $5 to $60Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $4 to $7
$10$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $30professional $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
$8.32
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$6.61
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$60.26
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$5.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$3.63
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$10.47
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$8.32
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$12.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$8.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$4.17

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 48th of 51

$4.27

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.