CMS Price Transparency Data
Urinalysis (automated, with microscopy)
Facility: Mercyone Elkader Medical Center
Billing Code: 81001 (CPT)
The BaseRate · fair price low confidence
A fair price for this
$10
about 3.3× the $3 Medicare rate · typically $3–$36
modeled estimate · not a bill or quote
Medicare pays $3 Fair price $10 Hospital's list price $68
What each insurance company pays
Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.
4 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital
✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna HumanaKaiser Permanente
Crossed out = this hospital hasn’t published a negotiated price for that insurer for this procedure. It doesn’t necessarily mean they aren’t accepted — ask your insurer.
| Insurance company | Price range | vs. Medicare |
|---|---|---|
| UnitedHealthcaremajor | $37 - $51 | 1167% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $35 | 1104% |
| Aetnamajor | $35 - $50 | 1104% |
| Cignamajor | $67 | 2114% |
| Ambetter (Centene) | $59 | 1861% |
| GEHA | $51 | 1609% |
| HealthPartners | $65 | 2050% |
| Medica | $67 | 2114% |
| Medical Mutual | $50 | 1577% |
| + 18 smaller / regional plans | $9 - $71 |
Government programs also on file: Medicare, Medicaid.
Excludes 3 rental-network / third-party entries (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.
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Other Procedures at Mercyone Elkader Medical Center
Compare: Urinalysis (automated, with microscopy) at other IA hospitals
- Unitypoint Health - Marshalltown · Marshalltown $3
- Trinity Muscatine · Muscatine $3
- Trinity Regional Medical Center · Fort Dodge $3
- University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Down · Iowa City $3
- Mary Greeley Medical Center · Ames $3
- Genesis Medical Center-Davenport · Davenport $3
- St Lukes Hospital · Cedar Rapids $3
- University of Iowa Hospital & Clinics · Iowa City $3
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.