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Automated Urinalysis With Microscopic Exam

Michigan 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?

$4.17

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.17 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.24 from a physician practice, and about $11.75 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$3.24$3.02 to $4.27
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$11.75$3.63 to $33.11

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12 · 10th to 90th $3 to $56Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $3 to $5
$2$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $12professional $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
$3.02
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$4.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$4.07
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$4.27
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$6.61
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$3.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.57
Typical High
$4.68
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$57.54
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$6.61
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$4.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.12
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$3.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$4.57
6 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
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$1.51
Typical High
$2.34
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.60
Median
$0.60
Typical High
$0.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.35
Median
$1.51
Typical High
$1.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.54
Median
$0.62
Typical High
$0.65
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$1.51
Typical High
$1.51
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.60
Median
$0.60
Typical High
$0.60

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 18th of 51

$4.17

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.