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Automated Urinalysis With Microscopic Exam

North Dakota 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?

$15.85

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.85 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.80 from a physician practice, and about $38.90 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 5 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$2.75 to $29.51
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$38.90$34.67 to $64.57

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $39 · 10th to 90th $25 to $91Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $50
$2$10$50$200facility $39professional $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
$29.51
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$54.95
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$7.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$4.68
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$57.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$7.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$5.13

Where North Dakota 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.

North Dakota· 6th of 51

$15.85

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.