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Urine Test For A Bladder Cancer Marker

Minnesota 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?

$24.55

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $24.55 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $24.55 from a physician practice, and about $21.88 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$24.55$20.42 to $31.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$21.88$20.42 to $66.07

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $22 · 10th to 90th $20 to $102Professionalmedian $25 · 10th to 90th $11 to $46
$10$20$50$100$200facility $22professional $25

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
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$26.30
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$125.89
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$21.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$41.69
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$158.49
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$41.69
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$102.33
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$46.77
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$26.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$51.29
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
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.23
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$4.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$13.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$5.25

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 12th of 51

$24.55

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.