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Urinalysis with Microscopic Exam, Manual

Minnesota 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?

$4.47

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.47 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.98 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3.98$3.63 to $4.79
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10.47$3.98 to $138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $4 to $170Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $7
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $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
$3.80
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$5.37
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$9.77
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$3.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$37.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$7.59
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$28.84
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$7.59
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$8.51
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
$9.33
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$1.91
Typical High
$1.91
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.76
Median
$0.76
Typical High
$0.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$1.91
Typical High
$2.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.76
Median
$0.76
Typical High
$0.95

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 17th of 51

$4.47

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.