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Basic Urine Test (Qualitative)

Montana 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?

$2.69

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2.69 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.69 from a physician practice, and about $3.16 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 5 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$2.69$2.57 to $3.24
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3.16$2.69 to $4.27

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $7Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $3 to $3
$2$5$10facility $3professional $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
$2.19
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$2.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$3.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$12.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$3.16
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$6.76
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$6.76
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$12.30
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$1.95
Typical High
$3.16
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$2.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.29
Median
$1.78
Typical High
$3.02

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 14th of 51

$2.69

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.