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Urine Test For Vanillylmandelic Acid

Colorado rates for HCPCS 84585

This urine test measures vanillylmandelic acid, a breakdown product of adrenaline-related hormones made by the adrenal glands. It is used to help evaluate people for certain rare adrenal or nerve-tissue tumors that produce excess of these hormones. Results, together with other tests, help guide diagnosis and monitoring.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Urine Test For Vanillylmandelic Acid cost?

$15.85

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.85 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.75 from a physician practice, and about $44.67 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 7 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$11.75$10.23 to $13.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$44.67$21.38 to $72.44

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $45 · 10th to 90th $12 to $204Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $6 to $15
$5.0$20.0$100.0$500.0facility $45professional $12

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
$11.75
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$14.79
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$77.62
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$12.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$40.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$18.62
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$32.36
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$32.36
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$15.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$23.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$14.45

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 2.5 times more in South Dakota than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Colorado $15.85 · 32nd of 51
SD $29.51MD $11.75

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.