CMS Price Transparency Data
Urinalysis (automated, with microscopy)
Facility: MUSC Health Columbia Medical Center Downtown
Billing Code: 81001 (CPT)
The BaseRate · fair price high confidence
A fair price for this
$6
about 2.0× the $3 Medicare rate · typically $4–$11
modeled estimate · not a bill or quote
Medicare pays $3 Fair price $6 Cash price $44 Hospital's list price $87
What each insurance company pays
Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.
3 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital
✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna CignaHumanaKaiser 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 | $2 | 63% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $3 - $45 | 95% |
| Aetnamajor | $3 - $15 | 95% |
| Clover Health | $3 | 95% |
| Molina | $3 | 95% |
| + 1 smaller / regional plan | $3 |
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Other Procedures at MUSC Health Columbia Medical Center Downtown
Compare: Urinalysis (automated, with microscopy) at other SC hospitals
- Prisma Health Oconee Memorial Hospital · Seneca $3
- Cannon Memorial Hospital · Pickens $3
- Anmed Health · Anderson $3
- Colleton Medical Center · Walterboro $3
- Prisma Health Greer Memorial Hospital · Spartanburg $3
- Prisma Health Hillcrest Hospital · Simpsonville $3
- Prisma Health Laurens County Hospital · Clinton $3
- Conway Medical Center · Conway $3
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.