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Basic Urine Test (Qualitative)

Illinois 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?

$2.40

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2.40 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.19 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2.19$1.66 to $3.47
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5.01$2.95 to $7.94

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $15Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $2 to $4
$1$2$5$10$20facility $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
$1.86
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$6.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$1.86
Typical High
$2.82
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.10
Median
$1.10
Typical High
$1.10
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$29.51
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.66
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$3.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$9.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.20
Median
$2.57
Typical High
$3.72
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$23.99
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$2.82
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.20
Median
$1.20
Typical High
$2.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$2.57
Typical High
$5.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.29
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$2.82
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$0.89
Median
$1.58
Typical High
$3.31
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.36
Median
$0.63
Typical High
$1.32
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$0.89
Median
$0.89
Typical High
$1.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.36
Median
$0.36
Typical High
$0.43

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 27th of 51

$2.40

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.