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Urinalysis with Microscopic Exam, Manual

Massachusetts 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?

$4.37

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.37 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.98 from a physician practice, and about $5.75 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3.98$3.16 to $5.75
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5.75$3.63 to $8.71

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6 · 10th to 90th $3 to $13Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $10
$10$100$1Kfacility $6professional $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
$3.02
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$15.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$6.46
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$11.75
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$10.23
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$13.49
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$4.07
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$8.51
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$15.14
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$4,897.79
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$6.76
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$13.80
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$11.75
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$10.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$8.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$8.51
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$7.08
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$3.98
3 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
$1.51
Median
$1.51
Typical High
$1.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.60
Median
$0.60
Typical High
$0.72
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$6.17

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 19th of 51

$4.37

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.