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Basic Urine Test (Qualitative)

New Hampshire 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?

$3.02

Typical negotiated rate. In New Hampshire, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.02 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.29 from a physician practice, and about $6.92 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$2.29$1.41 to $3.98
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6.92$4.07 to $8.91

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7 · 10th to 90th $3 to $13Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $1 to $8
$1$2$5$10facility $7professional $2

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
$3.02
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$15.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$9.77
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$12.30
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.07
Median
$1.41
Typical High
$4.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$15.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.05
Median
$2.09
Typical High
$6.61
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$7.76
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
$2.19
Typical High
$6.31

Where New Hampshire 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.

New Hampshire· 4th of 51

$3.02

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.