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Basic Urine Test (Qualitative)

Missouri 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?

$2.57

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2.57 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.40 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$2.40$1.51 to $4.27
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4.27$2.88 to $7.59

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $100Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $1 to $5
$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
$1.82
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$3.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$1.95
Typical High
$2.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$10.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.07
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$5.50
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$8.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$12.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.23
Median
$2.57
Typical High
$4.68
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.29
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$3.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$1.95
Typical High
$1.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.29
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$3.39
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
$0.91
Median
$0.93
Typical High
$1.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.37
Median
$0.37
Typical High
$0.50

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 16th of 51

$2.57

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.