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Urine Test For A Bladder Cancer Marker

Rhode Island 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 July 2026.

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

$21.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $21.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.60 from a physician practice, and about $47.86 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 4 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$16.60$16.22 to $16.60
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$47.86$26.30 to $67.61

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $48 · 10th to 90th $25 to $102Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $12 to $32
$10$20$50$100facility $48professional $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
$26.30
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$47.86
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$28.18
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$23.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$30.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$31.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$31.62

Where Rhode Island sits

The same service costs 2.4 times more in North Dakota than in Florida. 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.

Rhode Island· 24th of 51

$21.88

ND $36.31FL $15.14

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.