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Automated Urinalysis With Microscopic Exam

Washington, DC 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?

$5.75

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.75 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.40 from a physician practice, and about $19.50 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 5 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$2.40$2.40 to $2.63
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.50$7.24 to $69.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $2 to $100Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $2 to $11
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $19professional $2

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
$2.40
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$2.40
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$35.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$12.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.74
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$24.55
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$6.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.86
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$8.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$4.79

Where Washington, DC 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.

Washington, DC· 26th of 51

$5.75

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.