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Urinalysis (with microscopy) cost at US hospitals

Urinalysis, with microscopy · CPT 81001

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Urinalysis (with microscopy)

This is a urine test in which the chemical strip reading is followed by someone spinning the sample down and examining the sediment under a microscope. The microscopic step is what finds red cells, white cells, bacteria, crystals and casts, which the strip can only hint at.

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$3.15

lowest cash price

$55.20

national median

$562.70

highest cash price

900

hospitals with a published cash price

Middle half of hospitals (25th–75th percentile) against the full range. The same procedure varies $3.15–$562.70 — the variation is the story.

Cheapest published cash price

$3.15

SIERRA VISTA HOSPITAL, INC. — San Luis Obispo, CA

Most expensive published cash price

$562.70

MEDICAL CITY NORTH HILLS HOSPITAL — North Richland Hills, TX

Median cash price over time

Sep 1, 2025 ($36.35) → Sep 1, 2026 ($41.50)

By state

State Hospitals Lowest cash Median Highest
Alaska 5 $46.80 $109.98 $180.18
Arizona 24 $5.20 $27.71 $85.50
Arkansas 11 $9.43 $33.15 $53.00
California 91 $3.15 $82.88 $276.50
Colorado 10 $21.56 $222.81 $226.71
Florida 61 $22.20 $173.99 $467.00
Georgia 25 $10.07 $62.40 $558.04
Hawaii 2 $33.75 $33.75 $34.88
Illinois 51 $25.72 $75.60 $140.00
Indiana 26 $18.38 $49.80 $135.00
Iowa 26 $25.72 $27.60 $529.75
Kansas 11 $36.00 $290.80 $466.86
Kentucky 22 $30.79 $47.80 $94.16
Louisiana 1 $46.54 $46.54 $46.54
Maine 7 $35.05 $82.35 $150.20
Maryland 2 $14.40 $14.40 $14.40
Michigan 27 $4.37 $20.00 $111.20
Minnesota 18 $32.00 $72.91 $83.10
Mississippi 9 $23.76 $33.60 $55.44
Missouri 21 $18.70 $39.05 $431.10
Montana 2 $32.80 $32.80 $57.60
Nebraska 13 $19.32 $61.32 $100.43
Nevada 4 $26.45 $96.15 $134.14
New Hampshire 1 $100.55 $100.55 $100.55
New Jersey 23 $3.17 $3.49 $42.80
New Mexico 2 $52.92 $52.92 $52.92
New York 23 $3.17 $3.17 $110.00
North Carolina 15 $40.35 $40.35 $89.50
North Dakota 4 $36.00 $36.00 $36.00
Ohio 68 $7.15 $27.00 $123.00
Oklahoma 18 $11.05 $33.02 $218.34
Oregon 12 $13.60 $34.50 $45.75
Pennsylvania 33 $10.00 $33.00 $468.60
South Carolina 10 $18.00 $65.50 $181.00
South Dakota 7 $31.20 $38.40 $80.80
Tennessee 37 $5.52 $10.56 $442.37
Texas 103 $33.18 $107.85 $562.70
Virginia 42 $5.52 $89.50 $337.10
Washington 33 $6.30 $28.86 $98.70
West Virginia 18 $20.80 $34.50 $65.00
Wisconsin 35 $18.24 $57.50 $119.15
Wyoming 4 $4.20 $32.61 $36.52

All hospitals

Hospital Location Cash price Negotiated range
HSHS Good Shepherd Hospital Shelbyville, IL $61.20 $7.73 – $8.51
CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs Council Bluffs, IA $61.32 $3.07 – $118.15
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha, NE $61.32 $3.07 – $118.15
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha, NE $61.32 $3.07 – $118.15
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha, NE $61.32 $3.07 – $118.15
CHI Health Lakeside Omaha, NE $61.32 $3.07 – $118.15
CHI Health Midlands Papillion, NE $61.32 $3.07 – $118.15
Ascension Sacred Heart Bay (Bay County Health System, Inc.) Panama City, FL $61.87 $3.17 – $11.48
Mercy Hospital Stoddard Dexter, MO $62.40 $2.85 – $11.10
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell, GA $62.40 $3.17 – $5.86
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville, GA $62.40 $3.17 – $5.86
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta, GA $62.40 $3.17 – $5.86
Wellstar MCG Health Augusta, GA $62.40 $3.17 – $9.81
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell, GA $62.40 $3.17 – $5.86
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram, GA $62.40 $3.17 – $5.86
Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital Griffin, GA $62.40 $3.17 – $6.21
Wellstar Sylvan Grove Hospital Jackson, GA $62.40 $5.56 – $10.97
Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center Lagrange, GA $62.40 $3.17 – $6.21
Wellstar Windy Hill Hospital Marietta, GA $62.40 $3.17 – $6.21
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton, MN $62.40 $18.88 – $70.20
Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs P O Box 280, GA $62.40 not published
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix, AZ $62.65 $1.33 – $129.56
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison, WI $63.20 $3.17 – $20.38
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison, WI $63.80 $2.38 – $25.79
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale, CA $63.90 $3.17 – $156.80
UPMC East Monroeville, PA $64.80 $3.00 – $86.40
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg, WV $65.00 $2.99 – $5.01
MUSC Health Kershaw Medical Center Camden, SC $65.50 $3.17 – $3.49
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo, CA $66.14 $3.17 – $9.90
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh, PA $66.60 $2.74 – $8.48
MultiCare Capital Medical Center Olympia, WA $66.80 $2.06 – $5.75
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville, WI $67.10 $2.38 – $25.23
Mary Immaculate Hospital Newport News, VA $68.40 not published
Harbour View Medical Center Suffolk, VA $68.40 not published
Providence Little Co of Mary Med Center San Pedro San Pedro, CA $69.30 $3.17 – $8.46
Providence Little Company of Mary Med Center Torrance Torrance, CA $69.30 $3.17 – $18.43
St Anne Hospital Toledo, OH $69.60 not published
SIMI VALLEY HOSPITAL AND HEALTH CARE SERVICES Simi Valley, CA $69.92 $2.77 – $32.98
SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Bakersfield, CA $70.05 $1.01 – $34.95
UPMC Muncy Muncy, PA $70.20 $3.13 – $5.11
CHI Health St. Elizabeth Lincoln, NE $70.50 $3.07 – $107.20
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley, CA $70.85 $3.17 – $113.68
Banner Behavioral Health Hospital Scottsdale, AZ $70.89 $3.17 – $84.70
ADVENTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER TEHACHAPI Tehachapi, CA $71.01 $0.09 – $18.65
AdventHealth Polk Columbus, NC $71.19 not published
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown, KY $71.28 $2.69 – $152.88
Lourdes Hospital Paducah, KY $71.40 not published
Providence Alaska Medical Center Anchorage, AK $71.76 $8.76 – $21.66
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt, MN $72.91 $2.95 – $28.11
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo, MN $72.91 $2.95 – $25.79

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