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Automated Urinalysis With Microscopic Exam

Alaska rates for HCPCS 81001

A urine test that uses an automated instrument to read a chemical test strip for substances like sugar, protein, and blood, combined with a microscopic examination of the urine sample to look directly for cells, crystals, or other particles. It provides a more complete picture than the strip test alone.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Automated Urinalysis With Microscopic Exam cost?

$9.55

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.55 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.17 from a physician practice, and about $34.67 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$4.17$2.82 to $10.23
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$34.67$3.16 to $100

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $35 · 10th to 90th $3 to $191Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $21
$10$100$1Kfacility $35professional $4

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$22.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$8.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$4.68
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$3.16
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$12.59
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$20.42
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$15.85
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$2.75
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$4.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$85.11

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 18.6 times more in West Virginia than in Vermont. 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.

Alaska· 11th of 51

$9.55

WV $51.29VT $2.75

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.