go back

Automated Urinalysis With Microscopic Exam

Virginia 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?

$8.32

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.32 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.82 from a physician practice, and about $60.26 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 8 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$2.40 to $3.72
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$60.26$8.71 to $89.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $60 · 10th to 90th $3 to $282Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $8
$2$10$50$200$1Kfacility $60professional $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
$6.03
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$7.41
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$12.59
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$2.34
Typical High
$2.95
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$19.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$14.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.86
Median
$2.88
Typical High
$5.62
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$4.68
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$6.17
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$3.02
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$2.88
Typical High
$6.61
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$10,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.32
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$5.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$4.47

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 17th of 51

$8.32

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.