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Basic Urine Test (Qualitative)

Mississippi 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 July 2026.

How much does Basic Urine Test (Qualitative) cost?

$2.51

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2.51 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.51 from a physician practice, and about $3.89 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2.51$1.70 to $3.89
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3.89$2.29 to $4.37

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $50Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $4
$1$2$5$10$20$50facility $4professional $3

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.66
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$4.37
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$4.37
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$3.63
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.48
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$4.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.05
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$4.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$2.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.29
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$5.13

Where Mississippi sits

The same service costs 2.4 times more in Hawaii 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.

Mississippi· 27th of 51

$2.51

HI $3.89DC $1.62

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.