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Automated Urinalysis With Microscopic Exam

Utah 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?

$3.63

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.63 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.82 from a physician practice, and about $36.31 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$2.82$2.69 to $3.16
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$36.31$23.99 to $52.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $36 · 10th to 90th $6 to $93Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $5
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $36professional $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
$6.61
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$4.57
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$52.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$6.03
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$5.50
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$14.13
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$2.82
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$4.07
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$4.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.12
Median
$1.58
Typical High
$2.04
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$4.47

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 43rd of 51

$3.63

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.