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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 July 2026.

How much does Automated Urinalysis With Microscopic Exam cost?

$3.89

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.89 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.09 from a physician practice, and about $11.22 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 6 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$3.09$2.69 to $3.80
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$11.22$4.17 to $54.95

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11 · 10th to 90th $3 to $87Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $5
$2$10$50$200facility $11professional $3

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
$3.63
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$5.13
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.07
Median
$2.09
Typical High
$4.47
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$11.75
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$6.76
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$19.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$3.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.32
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$3.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$5.37

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 39th of 51

$3.89

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.