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Urine Pregnancy Test

South 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?

$9.12

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.71 from a physician practice, and about $17.38 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$8.71$5.50 to $12.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$17.38$10.00 to $51.29

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $7 to $105Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $4 to $16
$5$10$20$50$100facility $17professional $9

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
$6.76
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$13.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$12.02
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$13.49
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$112.20
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$15.85
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$10.23
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$45.71
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$16.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$10.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$6.92
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
$3.39
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$3.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.35
Median
$1.35
Typical High
$1.38
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$13.49

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 21st of 51

$9.12

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.