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Automated Urinalysis With Microscopic Exam

Colorado 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 October 2026.

How much does Automated Urinalysis With Microscopic Exam cost?

$3.72

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.72 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.29 from a physician practice, and about $9.12 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2.29$1.91 to $3.16
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$9.12$5.50 to $10.96

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9 · 10th to 90th $2 to $14Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $2 to $5
$2$5$10$20facility $9professional $2

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
$2.40
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$10.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$4.79
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$14.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$6.46
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.86
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$9.77
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.70
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$4.57
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$6.31
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$8.13
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$6.61
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$3.16
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$3.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$2.57
Typical High
$3.16
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
$1.20
Median
$1.20
Typical High
$1.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.47
Median
$0.48
Typical High
$0.72

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 22.4 times more in Minnesota than in Washington, DC. 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.

Colorado· 22nd of 51

$3.72

MN $56.23DC $2.51

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.