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Stool Urobilinogen, Measured Amount

Massachusetts 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?

$16.98

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.98 from a physician practice, and about $37.15 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 8 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$16.98$14.13 to $24.55
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$37.15$21.88 to $51.29

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $37 · 10th to 90th $15 to $60Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $10 to $43
$10$100$1Kfacility $37professional $17

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
$12.02
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$56.23
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$100.00
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$40.74
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$60.26
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$16.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$40.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$44.67
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$7,079.46
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$28.84
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$38.90
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$100.00
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$40.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$19.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$42.66

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 24th of 51

$16.98

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.