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Urine Pregnancy Test

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 81025

A urine test that checks for the presence of a pregnancy hormone using a simple visual color-change method, similar to an over-the-counter home pregnancy test. It gives a quick yes-or-no result rather than a precise hormone level.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Urine Pregnancy Test cost?

$6.92

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.92 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.92 from a physician practice, and about $8.71 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$6.92$5.13 to $8.71
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8.71$6.92 to $14.45

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9 · 10th to 90th $7 to $26Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $4 to $11
$5$10$20facility $9professional $7

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
$6.92
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$14.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$12.02
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$7.08
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$27.54
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$10.72
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$38.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$10.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$14.79
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$13.18
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$14.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$8.91
3 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
$3.47
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$3.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.38
Median
$1.38
Typical High
$1.38
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FP · Family planning
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$4.27

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 15.8 times more in Minnesota than in Alabama. 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.

North Carolina· 46th of 51

$6.92

MN $67.61AL $4.27

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.