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Urine Urea Nitrogen Test

Utah 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?

$5.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.37 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 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$4.37$4.17 to $5.25
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$29.51$11.22 to $43.65

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $30 · 10th to 90th $5 to $44Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $4 to $6
$5$10$20$50facility $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
$5.50
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$5.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$15.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$9.33
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$22.39
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$5.01
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$3.89
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$7.24
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$8.32
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$3.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$6.61

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 35th of 51

$5.13

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.