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Basic Urine Test (Qualitative)

Nebraska 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?

$2.19

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2.19 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.19 from a physician practice, and about $20.42 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$2.19$2.04 to $2.57
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$20.42$4.27 to $30.20

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $1 to $58Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $1 to $4
$1$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $20professional $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
$1.45
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$10.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.12
Median
$1.45
Typical High
$3.47
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$56.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$5.13
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.29
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.29
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$8.51
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$3.98
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$2.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.78
Median
$0.91
Typical High
$1.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$4.37

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 31st of 51

$2.19

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.