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Urine Test For A Bladder Cancer Marker

Tennessee 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?

$17.38

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.38 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.22 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 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$11.22 to $21.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$40.74$17.78 to $48.98

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $41 · 10th to 90th $14 to $65Professionalmedian $16 · 10th to 90th $10 to $23
$10$20$50$100facility $41professional $16

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
$16.22
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$13.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$5.25
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$21.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$22.39

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 37th of 51

$17.38

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.