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Basic Urine Test (Qualitative)

South Carolina 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?

$3.31

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.31 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.02 from a physician practice, and about $11.75 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$3.02$2.19 to $4.47
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$11.75$8.13 to $19.05

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12 · 10th to 90th $3 to $26Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $5
$2$5$10$20facility $12professional $3

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
$1.70
Median
$1.70
Typical High
$1.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.70
Median
$1.70
Typical High
$2.51
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$2.04
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$26.92
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$5.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$14.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.15
Median
$1.38
Typical High
$2.75
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.62
Median
$2.29
Typical High
$8.91
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$7.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$1.95
Typical High
$2.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.29
Median
$2.09
Typical High
$3.02
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
$0.85
Median
$0.85
Typical High
$0.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.34
Median
$0.34
Typical High
$0.35

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 6th of 51

$3.31

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.