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Automated Urinalysis With Microscopic Exam

Rhode Island 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?

$4.90

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.90 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.31 from a physician practice, and about $19.95 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 4 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$3.31$2.63 to $3.80
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.95$9.55 to $64.57

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $4 to $85Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $4
$2$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $20professional $3

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
$9.55
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$3.80
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$6.46
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$4.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$13.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$4.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$6.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$6.31

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 30th of 51

$4.90

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.