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Urobilinogen In Urine

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS 84578

Checks a urine sample for urobilinogen, a substance formed when the body breaks down worn-out red blood cells and the liver processes the pigment that results. Levels that are higher or lower than expected can point to liver disease, a blocked bile duct, or red blood cells being destroyed faster than normal.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Urobilinogen In Urine cost?

$4.57

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.57 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.17 from a physician practice, and about $6.17 from a hospital or other facility.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$4.17$3.09 to $6.17
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6.17$3.98 to $9.12

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6 · 10th to 90th $3 to $14Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $12
$10$100$1Kfacility $6professional $4

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$14.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$3.72
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$13.18
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$11.22
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$13.80
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$4.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$9.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$17.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$4,897.79
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$7.24
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$15.49
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$13.18
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$11.22
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$5.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$9.33
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$7.76
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$4.07
3 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.55
Median
$1.55
Typical High
$1.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.62
Median
$0.62
Typical High
$0.74
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$6.92

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 3.4 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. 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· 21st of 51

$4.57

AK $10.00KY $2.95

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.