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Urine Urea Nitrogen Test

Tennessee 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 Tennessee, 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 $15.85 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 $4.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.85$5.25 to $36.31

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $16 · 10th to 90th $4 to $51Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $4 to $6
$1$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $16professional $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
$17.38
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$6.46
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$2.75
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$5.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$19.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$8.32
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$100.00
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$6.61

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 46th 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.