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Basic Urine Test (Qualitative)

North Dakota 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 North Dakota, 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 $1.55 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 $4.07
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1.55$1.51 to $2.04

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2 · 10th to 90th $2 to $4Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $5
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $2professional $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
$1.51
Median
$1.51
Typical High
$3.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$2.57
Typical High
$3.24
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$4.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$3.16
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$2.57
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.29
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$3.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$2.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.29
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$3.55

Where North Dakota 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.

North Dakota· 13th 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.