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Urine Test For A Bladder Cancer Marker

Illinois rates for HCPCS 86386

A urine test that looks for a protein shed into the urine by bladder cancer cells. It helps in detecting bladder cancer and in checking whether it has returned after treatment, and is read alongside — not instead of — looking inside the bladder with a scope.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Urine Test For A Bladder Cancer Marker cost?

$21.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $21.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $18.20 from a physician practice, and about $40.74 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$18.20$5.50 to $21.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$40.74$29.51 to $83.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $41 · 10th to 90th $23 to $186Professionalmedian $18 · 10th to 90th $3 to $32
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $41professional $18

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
$17.78
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$19.50
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$354.81
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$21.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$33.11
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$81.28
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.18
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$27.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$27.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$22.91
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$13.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$9.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$3.89

Where Illinois sits

The same service costs 3.6 times more in Alaska than in Georgia. 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.

Illinois· 21st of 51

$21.88

AK $48.98GA $13.49

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.