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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 October 2026.

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

$19.50

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.22 from a physician practice, and about $26.30 from a hospital or other facility.

Few insurers publish rates for this combination, so treat this figure as a rough guide.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$16.22$13.18 to $26.92
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$26.30$21.88 to $28.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $26 · 10th to 90th $19 to $60Professionalmedian $16 · 10th to 90th $11 to $32
$10$20$50facility $26professional $16

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$16.60
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$28.18
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$31.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$30.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$26.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$36.31

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 27th of 51

$19.50

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.