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Basic Urine Test (Qualitative)

New York 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?

$2.04

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2.04 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1.86 from a physician practice, and about $3.72 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1.86$1.17 to $2.95
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3.72$2.14 to $5.37

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4 · 10th to 90th $1 to $8Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $1 to $5
$1$5$20$100facility $4professional $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
$1.62
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$5.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.62
Median
$1.82
Typical High
$2.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$5.62
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.07
Median
$1.66
Typical High
$5.62
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$2.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$22.39
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$13.49
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.00
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$4.90
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.02
Median
$1.29
Typical High
$4.17
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.41
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$2.40
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$257.04
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.74
Median
$1.74
Typical High
$4.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$6.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.98
Median
$1.51
Typical High
$3.24
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.41
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$6.92
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.41
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$2.45
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$0.81
Median
$0.81
Typical High
$0.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.32
Median
$0.32
Typical High
$0.37

Where New York 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.

New York· 42nd of 51

$2.04

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.