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Automated Urinalysis With Microscopic Exam

Missouri 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?

$3.80

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.80 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.55 from a physician practice, and about $6.03 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$3.55$2.19 to $5.75
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6.03$4.07 to $20.89

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6 · 10th to 90th $3 to $60Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $7
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $6professional $4

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
$2.69
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$5.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$4.17
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.35
Median
$1.58
Typical High
$5.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$14.79
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$7.94
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$12.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$17.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$6.76
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$63.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$4.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$2.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$4.90
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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.35
Median
$1.38
Typical High
$1.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.54
Median
$0.55
Typical High
$0.72

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 20th of 51

$3.80

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.