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Automated Urinalysis With Microscopic Exam

Iowa 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?

$9.12

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.50 from a physician practice, and about $53.70 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$5.50$3.72 to $13.80
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$53.70$9.77 to $77.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $54 · 10th to 90th $5 to $117Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $22
$2$10$50$200facility $54professional $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
$5.37
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$21.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$7.76
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$25.12
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$61.66
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$7.76
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$3.89
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$3.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$7.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$14.45
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$3.16

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 12th of 51

$9.12

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.