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Automated Urinalysis With Microscopic Exam

Minnesota 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?

$56.23

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $56.23 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.47 from a physician practice, and about $63.10 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$3.47$2.95 to $4.68
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$63.10$41.69 to $79.43

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $63 · 10th to 90th $18 to $98Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $3 to $7
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $63professional $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
$22.39
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$9.55
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$8.51
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$3.16
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$6.31
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$23.99
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$6.17
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$93.33
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$28.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.12
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$3.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$7.41
4 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
$1.48
Median
$1.48
Typical High
$1.48
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.60
Median
$0.60
Typical High
$0.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.48
Median
$1.48
Typical High
$1.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.60
Median
$0.60
Typical High
$0.76

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 1st of 51

$56.23

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.