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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 October 2026.

How much does Automated Urinalysis With Microscopic Exam cost?

$3.16

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.16 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.45 from a physician practice, and about $5.01 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2.45$2.19 to $3.72
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5.01$3.16 to $8.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $16Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $2 to $6
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $5professional $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
$2.40
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$8.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$8.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$15.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$2.45
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$4.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$12.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.86
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$4.68
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$4.68
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$6.17
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$2.88
Typical High
$6.61
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$2.88
Typical High
$2.88
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$7,413.10
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.12
Median
$1.12
Typical High
$3.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$4.47
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.20
Median
$1.45
Typical High
$1.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.48
Median
$0.58
Typical High
$0.60

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 42nd of 51

$3.16

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.