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Automated Urinalysis With Microscopic Exam

Arkansas 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?

$6.61

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.61 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.79 from a physician practice, and about $33.88 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 7 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$4.79$2.82 to $7.24
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$33.88$5.37 to $60.26

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $34 · 10th to 90th $4 to $74Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $9
$2$10$50$200$1Kfacility $34professional $5

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
$4.90
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$8.91
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$6.61
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$4.90
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$5.25
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$3.16
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$8.51
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$4.90
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$7.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$3.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$6.03

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 22nd of 51

$6.61

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.