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Basic Urine Test (Qualitative)

Colorado 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?

$2.51

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2.51 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1.58 from a physician practice, and about $6.31 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1.58$1.29 to $2.19
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6.31$3.98 to $7.59

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6 · 10th to 90th $2 to $10Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $1 to $4
$1$2$5$10facility $6professional $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
$2.19
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$10.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.62
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$3.24
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$10.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.29
Median
$1.48
Typical High
$4.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.29
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$6.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.17
Median
$1.48
Typical High
$3.09
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.66
Median
$2.34
Typical High
$4.37
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.74
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$8.51
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$4.57
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$1.51
Typical High
$2.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$2.57
Typical High
$2.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.29
Median
$1.78
Typical High
$2.19
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
$0.81
Median
$0.83
Typical High
$1.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.32
Median
$0.33
Typical High
$0.49

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 21st of 51

$2.51

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.