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Automated Urinalysis With Microscopic Exam

Louisiana 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?

$3.47

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.47 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.39 from a physician practice, and about $4.07 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3.39$2.57 to $3.98
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4.07$3.16 to $6.61

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $11Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $5
$2$5$10facility $4professional $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
$3.39
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$11.48
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.70
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$8.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$6.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.70
Median
$1.91
Typical High
$2.04
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.35
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$5.25
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$12.02
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$4.79
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$3.16
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$19.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$3.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.32
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$3.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$5.37
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
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.68
Median
$0.87
Typical High
$3.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.62
Median
$0.76
Typical High
$0.81

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 29th of 51

$3.47

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.