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Urine Urea Nitrogen Test

West Virginia 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?

$19.95

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.95 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.47 from a physician practice, and about $51.29 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$4.47$4.17 to $4.68
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$51.29$16.22 to $58.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $51 · 10th to 90th $14 to $72Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $5
$5$10$20$50facility $51professional $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
$13.80
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$5.50
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$7.59
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$6.61
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$16.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$32.36
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$60.26
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$5.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$2.34
Typical High
$6.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$2.88
Typical High
$6.61

Where West Virginia 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.

West Virginia· 1st of 51

$19.95

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.