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Basic Urine Test (Qualitative)

Rhode Island 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?

$2.57

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2.57 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.24 from a physician practice, and about $8.71 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 4 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$2.24$1.91 to $2.57
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8.71$3.55 to $18.20

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9 · 10th to 90th $3 to $18Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $2 to $3
$2$5$10facility $9professional $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
$6.46
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$18.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$2.57
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$4.37
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.23
Median
$1.62
Typical High
$3.72
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$9.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.62
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$3.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$2.57
Typical High
$4.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.29
Median
$2.34
Typical High
$4.27

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 17th of 51

$2.57

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.