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Automated Urinalysis With Microscopic Exam

South 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?

$34.67

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $34.67 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.17 from a physician practice, and about $56.23 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 7 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$6.17$3.16 to $29.51
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$56.23$37.15 to $91.20

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $56 · 10th to 90th $30 to $120Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $3 to $55
$2$10$50$200facility $56professional $6

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
$32.36
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$54.95
Avera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$4.79
Avera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$3.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$6.17
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$7.76
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$104.71
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$4.47
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$8.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$3.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$5.50
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$3.16

Where South 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.

South Dakota· 3rd of 51

$34.67

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.