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Urine Urea Nitrogen Test

South 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?

$4.57

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.57 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.37 from a physician practice, and about $22.91 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$4.37$4.37 to $4.47
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$22.91$7.76 to $48.98

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $23 · 10th to 90th $4 to $51Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $6
$5$10$20$50$100facility $23professional $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
$4.37
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$4.79
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$117.49
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$7.94
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$6.61
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$15.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$6.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$6.61

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 41st of 51

$4.57

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.