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Urine Test For A Bladder Cancer Marker

West Virginia 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?

$17.78

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.78 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.18 from a physician practice, and about $19.50 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$13.18$9.77 to $30.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.50$19.50 to $42.66

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $18 to $66Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $10 to $42
$10$20$50$100facility $19professional $13

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$19.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$17.78
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$29.51
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$26.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$104.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$41.69
1 more rate 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
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00

Where West Virginia 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.

West Virginia· 33rd of 51

$17.78

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.