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Automated Urinalysis With Microscopic Exam

Idaho 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?

$8.51

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.51 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.80 from a physician practice, and about $20.42 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$3.80$3.16 to $6.17
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$20.42$10.47 to $47.86

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $6 to $83Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $7
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $20professional $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
$7.76
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$8.32
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$18.62
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$30.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$12.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.34
Typical High
$4.68
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$4.37
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$3.80
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$11.75
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$3.31
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$12.59
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$3.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$6.46

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 16th of 51

$8.51

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.