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Automated Urinalysis With Microscopic Exam

Montana 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?

$4.27

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.27 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.80 from a physician practice, and about $40.74 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$3.80$3.16 to $5.37
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$40.74$5.62 to $64.57

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $41 · 10th to 90th $4 to $112Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $19
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $41professional $4

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
$10.23
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$19.95
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$64,565.42
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$4.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$18.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$4.68
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$9.77
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$9.77
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$18.20
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$4.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$3.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$2.57
Typical High
$4.47

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 36th of 51

$4.27

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.