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Stool Urobilinogen, Measured Amount

Alabama rates for HCPCS 84577

A stool test that measures how much urobilinogen is present, a substance formed when the body breaks down old red blood cells and the liver passes the result into the bowel. A reduced amount can mean bile is not reaching the intestine, while a raised amount can mean red cells are breaking down faster than usual.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Stool Urobilinogen, Measured Amount cost?

$17.78

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.78 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.85 from a physician practice, and about $19.50 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 4 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$15.85$11.22 to $19.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.50$16.98 to $21.38

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $15 to $26Professionalmedian $16 · 10th to 90th $10 to $19
$10$20facility $19professional $16

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
$16.98
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$19.50
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$26.92
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$12.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$43.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$16.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$17.38

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in South Dakota than in Connecticut. 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.

Alabama· 17th of 51

$17.78

SD $28.18CT $9.33

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.