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Automated Urinalysis With Microscopic Exam

Maine 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?

$6.03

Typical negotiated rate. In Maine, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.03 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.16 from a physician practice, and about $29.51 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$3.16$2.57 to $3.80
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$29.51$6.76 to $67.61

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $30 · 10th to 90th $3 to $120Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $5
$2$10$50$200facility $30professional $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
$3.16
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$4.68
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$32.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$1.91
Typical High
$4.07
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$7.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$4.57
Community Health Options
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$75.86
Community Health Options
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$38.02
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$3.80
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$107.15
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$5.50
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$7.59

Where Maine 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.

Maine· 25th of 51

$6.03

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.