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Urinalysis with Microscopic Exam, Manual

Kansas rates for HCPCS 81000

This is a urine test that uses a dipstick or reagent strip to check for things like protein, blood, glucose, and infection markers, combined with a manual look under the microscope at cells, crystals, and other particles in the urine. It is a basic screening test used to help evaluate urinary symptoms, kidney function, or general health.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Urinalysis with Microscopic Exam, Manual cost?

$8.32

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.32 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.27 from a physician practice, and about $10.47 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$4.27$3.98 to $5.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10.47$9.77 to $14.79

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $5 to $15Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $7
$2$5$10$20facility $10professional $4

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
$3.98
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$10.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$4.27
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$15.49
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$5.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$9.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$7.94
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$29.51
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$6.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$8.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$7.76
2 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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.74
Median
$2.00
Typical High
$2.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.69
Median
$0.79
Typical High
$0.85

Where Kansas sits

The same service costs 2.8 times more in Alaska than in North Carolina. 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.

Kansas· 3rd of 51

$8.32

AK $9.12NC $3.24

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.