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Basic Urine Test (Qualitative)

Arizona rates for HCPCS 81005

This is a general urine test that checks for the presence of various substances using simple chemical methods, without using antibody-based testing techniques. It provides a quick check for things like sugar, protein, or blood in the urine.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Basic Urine Test (Qualitative) cost?

$2.09

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2.09 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1.82 from a physician practice, and about $4.27 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1.82$1.45 to $2.19
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4.27$2.09 to $6.46

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4 · 10th to 90th $1 to $10Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $1 to $3
$1$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $4professional $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
$1.66
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$11.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.45
Median
$2.00
Typical High
$4.27
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.10
Median
$1.10
Typical High
$1.10
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.23
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$8.32
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.15
Median
$1.82
Typical High
$2.63
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.55
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$6.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$1.86
Typical High
$3.09
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.29
Median
$1.78
Typical High
$2.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$6.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.29
Median
$1.82
Typical High
$2.95
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
$0.72
Median
$0.72
Typical High
$0.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.28
Median
$0.28
Typical High
$0.28

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Kansas 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.

Arizona· 38th of 51

$2.09

KS $5.62DC $1.74

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.