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Rapid Urine Screen For Bacteria

Washington, DC rates for HCPCS 81007

A quick laboratory screen of a urine sample that indicates whether bacteria are present in significant numbers. It gives an early signal of a urinary infection without growing the sample or reading a dipstick.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Rapid Urine Screen For Bacteria cost?

$22.39

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $22.39 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $22.39 from a physician practice, and about $22.39 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$22.39$22.39 to $22.39
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$22.39$17.78 to $22.39

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $22 · 10th to 90th $10 to $49Professionalmedian $22 · 10th to 90th $13 to $27
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $22professional $22

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
$9.55
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$28.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$234.42
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$38.02

Where Washington, DC sits

The same service costs 12.0 times more in North Dakota than in Connecticut. 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.

Washington, DC· 42nd of 51

$22.39

ND $44.67CT $3.72

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.