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Automated Urinalysis With Microscopic Exam

Indiana 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?

$2.82

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2.82 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.57 from a physician practice, and about $3.16 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$2.57$2.34 to $3.55
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3.16$3.09 to $6.31

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3 · 10th to 90th $3 to $10Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $5
$10$100$1Kfacility $3professional $3

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
$2.57
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$6.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$2.88
Typical High
$6.03
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.35
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$2.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$9.55
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$2.34
Typical High
$4.37
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$3.98
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$3.63
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$10.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$8.51
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$2,187.76
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.57
Typical High
$3.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$4.68
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
$1.29
Typical High
$2.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.48
Median
$0.52
Typical High
$1.07

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 49th of 51

$2.82

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.