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Automated Urinalysis With Microscopic Exam

New Jersey 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?

$2.82

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2.82 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.45 from a physician practice, and about $8.71 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$2.45$2.24 to $3.16
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8.71$3.98 to $30.20

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9 · 10th to 90th $3 to $676Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $2 to $4
$10$100$1Kfacility $9professional $2

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
$2.45
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$4.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.23
Median
$1.23
Typical High
$1.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.49
Median
$0.49
Typical High
$0.72
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$1.58
Typical High
$95.50
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,548.82
AmeriHealth
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.74
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$5.75
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$15.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$6.46
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.26
Median
$1.58
Typical High
$3.16
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$151.36
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$2.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.12
Median
$1.12
Typical High
$2.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.45
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$3.80

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 48th of 51

$2.82

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.